More Than A Grade.

To me , I feel that exams are supposed to check up on what you have learnt up untill now, see most people don't even have anything upstairs but they go unprepared to the exams... exams is supposed to test your knowledge like what you have understood so faretc.

In all... let me just say this now, I don't think that exams are really a test of memory, if they are, then anyone that can cram would be intelligent from that day, exams are about whether you understood what you have learnt, whether you can apply concepts, analyze situations and think through problems, not just regurgitate what you read the night before, the problem is not with exams, but with how a lot of people takes them.

I have seen people enter an examination room with nothing upstairs in their head, no reading completed, no preparation, and no knowledge of the subject, and then, when they fail, they blame the system saying they are not being tested for their true intelligence but they are not being tested for their understanding if they have none to test! It is not the exam's fault it's just a lack of preparation.

But as I said, exams itselves are not perfect, there are people who can memorize information, regurgitate it on paper, and get an A, and not be able to explain what it means in real life, so to me, that makes sense as a difference between learning the material very well and just memorizing a pattern to pass an exam , which is basically a temporary utilization of information, not learning it.

It is for this reason that I feel that there is a great difference between passing exams and actually applying what you have learned in the real world, school teaches you theories, formulas, concepts, but when life happens, it isn't interested in what you memorized from a textbook, it cares how well you think on your feet, how well you are able to solve problems, how well you are able to adapt when things don't go according to plan, I have met some people who had stellar grades in school but can't seem to put into practice the simplest practical version of what they learned in school, and I have met some who weren't always the smartest in school, but are the most intelligent and capable when it counts the most, that's the kind of intelligence that's not one dimensional, and exams alone were never built to capture it.

If that's the case, why do we still continue to have exams as the end-of-the term marker of knowledge? Well, I think it's just because it's easier to measure because it's structured because it's quantifiable, because you can give somebody a number, a grade, and call it a day, because testing someone is his or her ability to actually apply knowledge in real, unpredictable situations is a lot harder, and there you go.

I think exams have got a role to play, they do test knowledge and preparation to a certain degree, but not really meant as a reflection of someone's intelligence. Real intelligence is seen in application, adaptability and problem solving, these cannot be captured on an exam paper, neither can their structure.

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