Exams (11 Plus Exams)

Member Name: theoffical

Product:	11 Plus Exams
Date:	16/02/09 (57 review reads)
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Advantages: Test knowledge

Disadvantages: Too much pressure

If I had my way, there would be now exams before the age of 14, when teenagers have to sit there GCSE's, and even then, I would limit the amount of exams that they must sit. There is way to much pressure on a child when they are coming up to an exam, it is ridiculous. I never had that sort of pressure when I was a child, and back then exams didnt matter, not really. Kids these days always try and push themselves too hard, and in the end, it doesnt really work. When you son was sitting his exams when he was in year 6, he had mountains of homework to do in preparation. What happened to a childhood, these days, all teachers want to do is keep kids in the house doing for work, as if 6 hours a day isnt enough. Yes you need exams to test their progress, but if there was a better way to do it, I am sure that more kids would do much better than they are doing now.

In my opinion, I think that exams are not a way to test the pupils, but a way to see how good a school is. Thats what it is all about. If they were so bothered about getting kids through their exams and make sure that they do the very best they could, they would leave off them. I know that they need to be prepared, but there are limits to this. It only gets harder as kids get older, going through secondary schools, with GCSE's, and then A-LEVELS. At least now the governement is starting to realise what they are doing, in that they are destroying the childhood of many. They have stopped making year 9 pupils sit SATs which is an advantage. Hopefully they will see sense in the future and make bigger changes.

Summary: Changes need to be made