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Exams are just a good idea. We sacrifice a huge amount in the name of "some people get overly stressed about exams", when really we just need to accept that som
by philipallstar 1y ago
Exams are just a good idea. We sacrifice a huge amount in the name of "some people get overly stressed about exams", when really we just need to accept that some people can't cope with very much stress and will probably get a fairly stress-free job, like burger-flipper or project coordinator or VP of HR.
- BriggyDwiggs42 1y agoIt really doesn’t make sense to waste tons of potential in order to preserve uncomfortable, high stress environments and systems. Seems like a loss for the sake of a loss.
- philipallstar 1y agoIt's not to preserve them. It's to preserve being pretty sure that someone knows what their qualification claims they know.
- BriggyDwiggs42 1y agoAre there methods we could use which avoid filtering out people for lacking skills unrelated to those they’ll deploy after graduation? Certainly I’ve seen examples of simple changes that do a lot of good, like single user exam spaces (with a camera). Even basic changes like that can seriously improve exams, but often require resource allocation. If people think things like, “exams being stressful is good, these students just need to toughen up,” then we won’t allocate those resources and we’ll miss out on a good investment.