The contents of the examination
In such a short period of time is not always possible to assess with certainty the total student preparation: If the first questions are about 10% of the student master less well, the entire examination may be compromised. To avoid the false initial impressions, teachers tend to do bursts of questions, in order to verify “to sample” the actual extent of knowledge of the student. But this choice has its downsides: for sample to sample an extensive ground in a short time, applications must necessarily be “closed”; In addition, the student must be prevented the possibility of “sweep” when the captain instead of the themes on which feels well prepared, to allow the teacher to probe other soil–and this is an additional source of frustration.
Several teachers instead, always according to the same study, go against trend and invest up to three times longer to student (then reach an average of 45 minutes per question). They do it with the commendable desire to authentically impact a relationship. The examination becomes a sort of fingerprint Socratic tutorial. Unfortunately only a part of the students manage to exploit this great occasion. Others are those who, persecuted by the nightmare of “ugly vote”, live each examination as if it depended on their college career: seek therefore to say what they believe that the teacher wants to hear and, clearly, this by preventing the construction of a genuine dialogue. At least this has been the experience of the writer, who has repeatedly tried this solution. So, with all due respect to those who succeed, we must conclude that the final exam, when the vote for the whole course, it is not the appropriate venue to try to establish a relationship of dialogue would be quite true: attempted during the academic year–for example, in meetings if tuition tutorials.
But the main defect of traditional university examination, in the opinion of the writer, is that measures only the ability to explain concepts fully and with ease. Knowing how to expose concepts is undoubtedly an important intellectual capacity–but this is not the only one that deserves to be taken into account. Knowing how to do it then by speaker Cavalier could be anything but an advantage: the Ministers with the most suave eloquence on TV are notoriously those with less original ideas in his head. Ultimately, this type of test does not evaluate whether the student “can do” in the discipline–and even if he knows the discipline–but only if we can speak of the discipline.
Education today
Today we are all adults, even you, sitting a little school desks. After years of learning at school is, without doubt, the most exciting, the most intense and unforgettable period of human life, and the most responsible. Education today is the main basis for a successful career and a normal, decent life “in all senses. We hope to see you. Believe that you, our children are the most capable, most talented, most intelligent and understanding of what you dream. Your courage and imagination, your creativity, your ability to come up with new ideas, finally, your desire to change the world for the better — will provide each of you and all you decent future.
Special attention throughout the country focused on teachers and professors, rectors, directors and specialists and all those who have linked their lives to education. Their hard work and professionalism is a guarantee of high quality education. It is my great honor, they have a major responsibility in their hands the future of the country, because they directly depends on how successful our children in school and in life.
Dear employees of science, today is your immense work, endless flow of ideas and unwavering striving for the future is becoming increasingly important. Science determines largely the place that each country takes in the modern world. Let it gives you a ton of new knowledge, let him be generous at the opening. Happiness you success and professional growth. Learn and work with pleasure.