The last week of a semester is one of the most stressful and hardest weeks for high school students since the last week of a semester is just unit tests and little review for the big semester tests. Finals make students very stressed because of the last-minute studying of material from months ago and worrying about what grade they will get… and the homework that comes with it. The last week of the semester should be more relaxing and less stressful for students.
The reason why we should not have semester tests is that we already take so many tests, quizzes, Iowa Assessments, AP exams, and more standardized tests. All throughout the school year students take countless tests and quizzes to assess their level of understanding of the material that is being taught. The student's progress has been on file all year, so if they got an A or B as an average on their tests, why would they need to take a big semester final if they have already proven that they understand the material? The students who are getting lower grades for their tests probably won’t do so great on their final, some students just can’t get a good grade no matter how hard they try because tests can stress them out and stress can make them forget some of the material.
I think that we should not have finals because it creates so much stress on students and some students lose confidence going into the test, which can make them forget some things over the material that they were taught. Another reason why I think we should not have finals is that we already take a bunch of other unit tests that would be on the final, and we are already required to take standardized testing to prove proficiency, so why would we need to take finals?
Do you think we should have semester finals? Why?
Do you think finals benefit students with their education? Why?
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Well done overall Kaelyn! I would like to see you include data that shows if smester tests hurt or benefit students.
WHile I do understand that simester finals are helpul for placement, I believe they shouldn't be so big. Just a few weeks prior, we take the ISASP. I don't think that they benifit me in any particular way. they just add extra stress to the end of the year.
I think that schools should not have semester finals. You have learned all of the important things throughout the school semester and if you have to remember all of the information from all 8 classes you have that day it is way too stressful for the students. I don't think that the semester tests benefit the students enough to put this kind of pressure on them.
I do think that we should have semester tests because they test how well you can retain knowledge. If you can answer questions from the beginning of the semester it shows you can use that information later in life because you remembered it. I think finals can be very helpful or they can extremely detrimental. This sucks for people who are very smart but horrible test takers because it can drop your grade significantly.
I think that we should have semester tests because it shows what we have learned and how well we can do it. But I think that they shouldn't count for as much as they count for because for some people if they don't ace that test then they might fail the class.
I think that we should have semester tests because they show our knowledge in that specific subject. Also, I think that they can benefit students if they look for ways of improvement. For example, if they do bad, then they know how to correct their studying for next year.
I think that we shouldn't have semester finals because they just get boring over the course of two days of doing them.
On the other hand, i do think that semester finals benefit students with their education because it will help them in the real world because, when you're a high school teacher, you would have to make the finals and make the students take them so they are confident in what they are doing in the real world.
I think we should have finals to prove what we have learned over the semester. Not only that but it shows what we know overall for the next year and out improvement. Yes semester test do cause stress but its just a part of highschool.
I agree that semester tests are very stressful for everybody and people don’t want to take them. However I do think that they are very beneficial to the students because it tests to see if the kids have remembered all the important information from the beginning of the semester. I feel that these tests are helpful because they make students have to remember all of the information from the semester. However they are very stressful to study for as you have to go back to what you first learned at the beginning of the semester.
I am undecided when it comes to a topic such as this. I understand that semester finals cause stress to students but the tests measure how much the individual knows. However, I do believe that students already have enough homework, quizzes, tests, etc., along with stress on their shoulders.
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