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Why the hell do we have finals?

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ESAmethodjam5
Posts: 48 - Karma: 10
ok, whats the point of finals? um whats up with making one test worth 20% of your average? lets go over the pros and cons of finals...
Cons Pros
1.they suck 1.there are none
2.they count as too much
3.they suck

Any one else think finals should be gotten rid of?
Jun 13 2003 1:20PM
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amlowenstein
Posts: 1351 - Karma: 10
yeah they suck..........but they can save you
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Jun 13 2003 1:20PM
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amlowenstein
Posts: 1351 - Karma: 10
and it signals the end o the year man!
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Jun 13 2003 1:20PM
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mammothpunks
Posts: 5724 - Karma: 372
they are to prove that you accaully learned something over the year


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Jun 13 2003 1:21PM
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Itsbackfliptime
Posts: 18901 - Karma: 75
our finals don't mean shit. theyre 1/7 of our semester grade.

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Jun 13 2003 1:24PM
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What_A_Wookie
Posts: 3231 - Karma: 21
I need finals man...they bring up my grade soooo much.
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Jun 13 2003 1:36PM
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Muppet
Posts: 410 - Karma: 10
ya there's an up and a down side to them


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Jun 13 2003 2:27PM
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miss_hevern87
Posts: 2553 - Karma: 12
i hate taking tests though and i always fail miserably...stupid stress.


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Jun 13 2003 2:28PM
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SaraJ
Posts: 366 - Karma: 52
i usually do well on finals, but if you have like a really low A or something, they can screw you over if you mess up.

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Jun 13 2003 2:47PM
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CanadianSkiGod
Posts: 2281 - Karma: 10
our finals our crazy... the math ones are worth 40% of the whole year. they cause a lotta stress, but bring my grades up. They do have a point.
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Jun 13 2003 3:08PM
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skier_chick_360
Posts: 1693 - Karma: 10
our finals were pretty chill this year. my World issues and english were worth UNDER 20% of my final grade somewhere around 15-17% and my economics was worth 40% and I failed that one.. but i still got my dipolma today!!
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Jun 13 2003 3:35PM
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K_2
Posts: 1446 - Karma: 11
I think our exams are like 30%!!!!
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Jun 13 2003 3:37PM
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Lord_Piot
Posts: 3727 - Karma: 13
You guys are pussys.

Exams are a way of saving yourself from all those days of gettin high...at home.
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Jun 13 2003 3:45PM
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jksl
Posts: 12726 - Karma: 737
my exams are easy...very, people get too worried about them

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Jun 13 2003 4:03PM
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Bangor
Posts: 9599 - Karma: 129
yea, the tests are pretty easy if you try to pay attention in class.....

i mean, if you're not baked all the time, finals are pretty chill......

i don't smoke, so i don't know what the fuck i'm talking about, but it makes sense to work during school, and go and use the summer for that shit.....

go ski during the winter

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Jun 13 2003 4:23PM
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What_A_Wookie
Posts: 3231 - Karma: 21
I dont work during school...that why finals save me...generally they are damn easy
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Jun 13 2003 7:07PM
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petek
Posts: 8762 - Karma: 12
um, some of our finals are worth 50%






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Jun 13 2003 7:21PM
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Maximumsushi
Posts: 7837 - Karma: 3,347
Most of my finals at university were worth 60%. And the majority, if you failed the final, you fail the course. Regardless of how things work out.
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Jun 13 2003 9:08PM
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KWagner
Posts: 1471 - Karma: 19
i wish if you had an A in a class you wouldnt have to take the final... thatd be sweet
Jun 13 2003 9:17PM
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PuNkStA
Posts: 99 - Karma: 10
Before I did my first final i thought it should just be worth like 80% percent thaqt way you wouldnt ever have to work, side from study for thge final, but then i took it and got 61. for me it justs works out better to make a really good impression on the teacher and work adequetly during the year. thankfully my finales are worth only 20% not 50.
Jun 13 2003 9:18PM
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SaraJ
Posts: 366 - Karma: 52
bio final was chill cause you could pick the percentage you wanted it to be worth on your grade...after you took the test.

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Jun 13 2003 10:14PM
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marlin_102
Posts: 2430 - Karma: 11
^ shit, that would be amazing! im gonna suggest that to my school. however, i dont think theyre gonna like my suggestion.
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Jun 13 2003 10:48PM
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PuNkStA
Posts: 99 - Karma: 10
Holy thats hella ill^^ wat kinda school do you go to??
Jun 13 2003 10:49PM
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SaraJ
Posts: 366 - Karma: 52
the teacher was really nice and wanted to give everybody a fair chance to succeed, or whatever. hehe

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Jun 14 2003 12:43AM
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lanks
Posts: 12543 - Karma: 72
most of mine are worth 30%, but some are worth 50%, so i actually gotta study for those...but if you go to school in ontario you'll agree that the worst are summative evaluations, not exams...


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Jun 14 2003 11:11AM
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theBOSS.
Posts: 4705 - Karma: 496
We didnt even have finals this year. We just had projects that were really easy, so now I have a 96, 98, 94, and 90 for my 'finals'
Jun 14 2003 11:15AM
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Itsbackfliptime
Posts: 18901 - Karma: 75
The kids that freak out about finals are so funny. I always study like half an hour for each final. Its good enough for an A- usually.

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Jun 14 2003 11:41AM
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killswitch
Posts: 684 - Karma: 110
you guys are lucky. ALL of my finals are worth 50%. that's grade 12, not university. stupid alberta government.
Jun 14 2003 12:29PM
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Big-L
Posts: 499 - Karma: 10
i just finished my exams so im done the schoolyear until next year now so that pretty cool. i think i might have aced my math exam but im not so sure about my french. its all good though, no use worrying bout it anymore now that im done. peace all

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Jun 14 2003 1:06PM
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Itsbackfliptime
Posts: 18901 - Karma: 75
that sucks how all your exams are 50%. Our seniors don't have to take exams as long as they have a b average and didnt skip any classes.

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Jun 14 2003 3:46PM
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LC.
Posts: 5952 - Karma: 2,423
20%? 30%? 50%??

All of mine (UK university) are worth 80% and the other 20% is coursework from throughout the semester. The make it pretty easy for you to pass though: 40% pass mark. And you can take resits over summer if you fail any. You can fail one resit and re-take the class next year, so you really can have 4 shots at it.

Mine went pretty well this year, except Computer Organisation And Design - I gave up studying two night before it because I thought I didn't know shit about it, but the exam actually turned out pretty well so if I had studied hard I could have passed no problem. Oh well, only 2 weeks until results come through.
Jun 14 2003 5:24PM
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canadianhotchik
Posts: 362 - Karma: 10
finals suck. In junior high we could get exempt from all of ours except PAT's....those were the days.



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Jun 14 2003 7:00PM
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