Unseen essays should not be given in the exams
(Syeda Maha Qadri, Karachi)
Assessments and examinations
have always been a crucial part of the studies in every institution. If the
students of university are talked, the criterion of judging their abilities and
skills is quite different as compared to the students of school level. Hence, in
order to meliorate this norm, pedagogues carry out variant structures and
styles, in which giving unseen essays in an exam has become plausible nowadays
and the concept of why unseen essays should not be given in exams is dwindling
away.
As in exams a limited time is given to the students in order to fulfill all the
tasks, so he is already under pressure, which abates his efficiency and
amenability in advance. So true, that a sensible and a dexterous student is not
supposed to put himself under pressure while he is sitting in an examination
hall, but what if he finds an essay in front of him which he has never seen
before. Besides, he has never read a single essay of the presented author.
Moreover, when he starts reading further, an ice on the cake that a hard and
defiant vocabulary welcomes him and indeed, it is too unethical to reject this
hospitality. Consequently, he cannot escape himself getting into the depression
and pressure. Yes! If he is capable of sitting in the exams, he must be familiar
with the vocabulary, but my dear pedagogue, English is a vast language and is
like a deep ocean. So, how expert a swimmer is, considering him to explore and
covering an unfamiliar sea would not be justifiable.
On the other hand, a critical reading and understanding demand so many things to
ponder at. Considerably, if he manages himself to analyse the unseen essay by
grouping his all strengths, but what about the research which cannot be
neglected to understand the unseen essay properly.
Lastly, it is all about the GPAs and the future of the student for which a risk
should not be taken or else in the end the most rueful beings would be these
pedagogues for they are the most well-wishing and boosting for that poor
student.