I have always had an issue with the fact that one test
is supposed to measure the cognitive capacity of certain material for an
individual, simply because we’re all different. Is it fair to give a single exam
to a group of people who have different learning styles? How can one exam
capture the knowledge of individuals who have various ways of expressing it?
The issue I have with this is the message it’s subconsciously giving us- think
like everyone else. When we’re handed an exam, the entire purpose is to fill in
the bubble that is the correct answer, but is also the one that everyone else
is going to fill in. We aren’t taught to think differently or challenge ideas
that are accepted by everyone else. It’s happening throughout Eastern Asia
every day. Students study for countless hours, and their exam results reflect
it, I am not denying that. It’s clear that they know how to take an exam, but
when it comes to open ended answers, they don’t know how to approach it. They
can’t approach it. Test taking is grinded into their system so deep to where
they can’t even make conclusions for themselves. I am a firm believer that
certain concepts need to be challenged, because it is those individuals who
change everything.
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