Chua Yu Xuan (8)


SCRAP THE CCTs!!!

Have you ever noticed that there is a significant increase in the number of students who look haggard and listless before the CCTs? Or have you noticed that there are always disgruntled students after the CCTs, no matter how easy or simple the paper might seem? Well, I have, and I usually see an exact description of what I had just stated in myself. “Scrap the CCTs!” I am pretty sure that is what most of the students want and I absolutely believe it is a judicious choice to a large extent. There are two words to describe what I feel just before a CCT, “Stressed out!” I believe many students would agree with me vehemently.

Firstly, CCTs produce stress! Now, some of you may be thinking that the CCTs are to gauge the ability of the students, but think of it this way. The ability of the students can be gauged through everyday classes by the teachers. Therefore, CCTs unnecessarily produces stress and more stress. As the students get pressurized, they ignore their basic needs like sleep and nutrition, making them even more lethargic. Stress is present even after the CCTs. After retrieving your results, do you realize there is a miasma of failure hanging over the school? Well, you should, because it is called “disappointment” which will cause even more stress for the next CCTs. Dr. Samir Parikh, an eminent psychiatrist, states that as students feel pressurized to study, they do not want to waste study time in eating proper food and prefer to snack without giving due regard to the negative consequences it might have for their health. Stress is a definite “no good”!

Furthermore, there is the fear of failure. Many are afraid of the mortification to find out about their poor results and being humiliated. Even those with the most retentive memory have the fear of failure. This fear results in silly and harmful acts. In a study conducted in 20 schools across Delhi, As many as 76 percent of girls and 74 percent of boys said their parents and teachers pressurize them to work harder and longer than they do, and 20 to 30 percent of students in the study said they are so worried about their exam scores that they feel tempted to cheat. It is postulated that the temptations are due to the fear of failure, which resulted from the dreaded CCTs.

On the contrary, CCTs do have a purpose – to motivate students to study. As students dream of entering a fairly good college and having a successful career with a stable income, they are motivated to study as having good results is the key to a good college. However, the stress, fear and disappointment which come as a “package” are not worth it.

The solutions to this? Just try your best or you can…..scrap the CCTs! With the stress and disappointment created by the CCTs, we could even sue the person who created CCTs for fomenting discord among students!

Chua Yu Xuan (8)


SCRAP THE CCTs!!!

Have you ever noticed that there is a significant increase in the number of students who look haggard and listless before the CCTs? Or have you noticed that there are always disgruntled students after the CCTs, no matter how easy or simple the paper might seem? Well, I have, and I usually see an exact description of what I had just stated in myself. “Scrap the CCTs!” I am pretty sure that is what most of the students want and I absolutely believe it is a judicious choice to a large extent. There are two words to describe what I feel just before a CCT, “Stressed out!” I believe many students would agree with me vehemently.

Firstly, CCTs produce stress! Now, some of you may be thinking that the CCTs are to gauge the ability of the students, but think of it this way. The ability of the students can be gauged through everyday classes by the teachers. Therefore, CCTs unnecessarily produces stress and more stress. As the students get pressurized, they ignore their basic needs like sleep and nutrition, making them even more lethargic. Stress is present even after the CCTs. After retrieving your results, do you realize there is a miasma of failure hanging over the school? Well, you should, because it is called “disappointment” which will cause even more stress for the next CCTs. Dr. Samir Parikh, an eminent psychiatrist, states that as students feel pressurized to study, they do not want to waste study time in eating proper food and prefer to snack without giving due regard to the negative consequences it might have for their health. Stress is a definite “no good”!

Furthermore, there is the fear of failure. Many are afraid of the mortification to find out about their poor results and being humiliated. Even those with the most retentive memory have the fear of failure. This fear results in silly and harmful acts. In a study conducted in 20 schools across Delhi, As many as 76 percent of girls and 74 percent of boys said their parents and teachers pressurize them to work harder and longer than they do, and 20 to 30 percent of students in the study said they are so worried about their exam scores that they feel tempted to cheat. It is postulated that the temptations are due to the fear of failure, which resulted from the dreaded CCTs.

On the contrary, CCTs do have a purpose – to motivate students to study. As students dream of entering a fairly good college and having a successful career with a stable income, they are motivated to study as having good results is the key to a good college. However, the stress, fear and disappointment which come as a “package” are not worth it.

The solutions to this? Just try your best or you can…..scrap the CCTs! With the stress and disappointment created by the CCTs, we could even sue the person who created CCTs for fomenting discord among students!

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