For a student, the announcement of
an upcoming exam is repulsive. However, five exams in one week, each two
hours long, is even more nauseating. The school district magnanimously
places midterms after Martin Luther King Jr. Day. Thus
the students have three entire days to lock themselves in their room beforehand
and prepare for the exams, which is every student's dream. Students anxiously
review their notes from the last five months, resulting in an abundant amount
of stress thrust upon the students. They even skip their extracurricular activities
in order to cram in more time for studying. Then midterm week arrives.
Teachers lock the students in a room for two hours and force them to shade in
one hundred bubbles with a number two pencil. After the students finish,
they have a one hour break until the next exam begins. During this break, the
cafeteria is filled with scared students whom nervously nibbles at their
lunches. The students then report to their next classroom to shade in
some more bubbles. The students repeat
this process for the next three days. At the end of midterm week, all the
stress and anxiety vanishes and there is such great relief because the monstrous
midterms have finally been slayed. Monday, February 10, 2014
Monstrous Midterms
For a student, the announcement of
an upcoming exam is repulsive. However, five exams in one week, each two
hours long, is even more nauseating. The school district magnanimously
places midterms after Martin Luther King Jr. Day. Thus
the students have three entire days to lock themselves in their room beforehand
and prepare for the exams, which is every student's dream. Students anxiously
review their notes from the last five months, resulting in an abundant amount
of stress thrust upon the students. They even skip their extracurricular activities
in order to cram in more time for studying. Then midterm week arrives.
Teachers lock the students in a room for two hours and force them to shade in
one hundred bubbles with a number two pencil. After the students finish,
they have a one hour break until the next exam begins. During this break, the
cafeteria is filled with scared students whom nervously nibbles at their
lunches. The students then report to their next classroom to shade in
some more bubbles. The students repeat
this process for the next three days. At the end of midterm week, all the
stress and anxiety vanishes and there is such great relief because the monstrous
midterms have finally been slayed. 
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Monstrous midterms? Never heard it expressed this way. I'm sorry it is so hard. I don't think it should be this difficult on everyone. Surely a better way could be found to end a semester. Thankfully, in this class you won't have to fill in 100 bubbles and you surely won't be locked in and you shouldn't even need to study for our midterm! That's the good news.
ReplyDeleteI couldn't agree with you more that these tests cause so much stress and anxiety that it doesn't seem right.
ReplyDeleteI agree fully, the midterms were really long and tiring.
ReplyDeleteThis was very well written, and I agree. Taking a midterm is definitely like having to do something really hard, like slaying a monster, especially because all that studying is often crammed into only a couple days.
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