I was kind of interested in knowing more about the angst and suffering teenagers go through in school, especially with regards to examinations. So I googled the web and stumbled on one of my own student's blog! He's a great kid, a very talented GEPPER, very insightful. But then again please don't let that cloud your judgement - read this and judge for yourself. Here's an entry in his blog on exams:

Examinations exist to test your knowledge, your learning. After three months, six months, one year, they give you a test to see if you learnt what they taught and to see if all that time and money was wasted. They measure, they test, they examine, they give you a score at the end. A two-digit number, three if you're really good, and one if you're really really unlucky. And then that's it. They're cast in stone and can't ever change and they'll haunt you for the rest of your life.  read more »