Exams are another thing which annoy me in relation to Uni. Now I know that it is important in the academic world and exams are an easy way to mark where people are at and blah blah blah, but realistically they are quite crap.
This semester I have only received 1 credit, and that was for a group presentation, which we got told afterwards, if we had of mentioned the name of one of the particular references we used, it would have got us an extra mark, putting us up to a distinction, but that is all beside the point.
I am not a terribly good student, in fact this semester has probably been my worst study/work wise with most of my time and effort going into the Brandstorm competition (which we came equal third in Australia, and I will talk about in another post). BUT I have still managed to receive Distinctions and High Disctinctions for every one of my assessments bar one.
But when it comes down to the exam, I expect to fail at least one of my subjects, because I can't write exams to save myself. Mainly due to the fact that I can't write essays too well, but given the time to do write an essay and actually think about everything I will be perfectly fine.
How does giving students 2 hours, to write as much crap as they can differentiate students all that well?
Thank god that employers don't just look at Uni marks!
2 comments:
Work is sometimes like exams you will not have much time and just need to pump out a whole lot of material in a short time.
There are a lot of simple hacks with essays for exams, whenever I get to Melbourne we should sit down for beer and a chat, alternatively you could go to the Uni Study help peeps, I forget their name but they did help.
Unfortunately, for most courses, exams are one of the few ways that we can assess your knowledge of the subject matter. We know that you did the work, unlike most other assignments, which are open to plagiarism, collusion, and other forms of cheating. They call it "invigilation".
But then there's some units, such as MKF3881, with creative non-exam forms of assessment, cheat-proof, and a true test of your knowledge of the subject. Give it a try!
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