It was A Level Results last week and now today pupils notch up the record for GCSE results... and the critics are saying exams are getting easier!
They may well be for some but not for those who are challenged by reading and writing. Most A Levels are much harder for those with such difficulties regardless of how bright they are.
Does anybody else wonder when our education system will start recognising that real intelligence should not just be measured by reading and writing alone? The challenge for those who go on to university is that an even higher proportion of their learning will come from reading and individual study. This is why so many of the world’s geniuses drop out of university but go on to have enormous success afterwards.
So to all those out there who don’t find reading easy, don’t let anyone persuade you that your exam results are a true reflection of how clever you really are.
Does anybody else wonder when our education system will start recognising that real intelligence should not just be measured by reading and writing alone? The challenge for those who go on to university is that an even higher proportion of their learning will come from reading and individual study. This is why so many of the world’s geniuses drop out of university but go on to have enormous success afterwards.
So to all those out there who don’t find reading easy, don’t let anyone persuade you that your exam results are a true reflection of how clever you really are.
1 comment:
it's about time that school/LEA/Goverments realised that SAT's and written Exams are unreliable in giving a true reflection of a childs ability!! There HAS to be a better way. In a school like Jordans for example they have a LOT of children with SEN's..how can SAT's results be reliable??? although Jordan got a 2c(below average) mark in spelling and hand writing, he received a 4c(I think) in English Comprehension!!!(the highest mark out of the whole of his school year!!) NEXT CAMPAIGN-ban written exams!!!!
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