Children have more and more tests and exams to do at school, sometime starting until the age of five or six, right up until the age of eighteen. What are the advantages and disadvantages of making children do exams?

Exams
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been widely used in a lot of areas to assess
student
's performances in school, but there are increasing voices on the pressure
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by
tests
. Whether it brings more benefits or harms towards our
children
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believe
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a good tool to support
children
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wisely. People often complain regular
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and
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quizzes
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a
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huge
pressure on students, which should be be
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abundant
. Many students value their
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a lot and might find
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themselves helpless
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in order to reach an ideal result even
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if they
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studied
seriously. In Hong Kong,
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of
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students'
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suicide
cases can be found
due to
study stress or depression, proving how exams
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to
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mental
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.
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Moreover
, moral problems might appear under the stress
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the scores. Cheating or lying behaviours
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occur
so as to hide what they
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badly,
due to
the high demand and
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of the parents.
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how the focuses on
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and
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exams
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results frighten students
instead
of supporting their learning or
development
.
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Despite
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the fact that
tests
bring a lot of stress on the kids, I
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believe
it was designed to facilitate teacher's teaching and
student
's learning. Formative test like daily observation or classroom activities allows
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teachers
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to assess the
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strengths
and weaknesses
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certain topics. With a clearer understanding
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children
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ability
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,
teacher
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the teacher
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can better support their
development
by providing related knowledge and information.
In addition
, kids can easily see which
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aspect
aspects
they are better at. It allows them to have a better
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, which may help them to pick the correct career, and know which certain part of skills they should
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avoid
. The advantages
on
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how quizzes check
student
's
ability
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abilities
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actually
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a prove
on
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their
stengths
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strengths
,
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and would support their
development
. To
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, there are both pros and cons
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having regular
tests
. I
beleive
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believe
although
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that although
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it
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brings
certain
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amount of pressure towards
children
, using it as a tool
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seek
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for
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student
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ability
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abilities
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would be
benificial
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beneficial
to their
development
.
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