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Debatetopic2Doexaminationsdomoreharmthangood?Arguments1.Examsareprimitivemethodsoftestingthestudents’knowledgeandability.Theydomorethangoodtothestudents,theteachers,educationitselfandthewholesociety.2.Manyexamsarenotscientificallydesigned,butaresubjectiveassessmentsbysomeanonymousexaminers.3.Examsdomoreharmthangood,forstudentsoftenspendsomuchtimerevisingforexaminationsthattheycan’tfindenoughtimefornewwork.4.Examinationsdonotmotivatethestudenttoreadwidely,butrestricthisreading.5.Examsoftencauseanxiety,forstudentswillnotgetgoodjobswithoutgoodmarks.Manystudentssufferfrombadhealth,andsomeevencommitsuicidebecauseofpsychologicalpressure.6.Sinceexamstestastudent’smemoryratherthanhisabilityandaptitude,theynevertrainhimtothinkforhimself.7.Itisunfairtojudgestudentsbytheresultsofexamsbecausetheycanhardlyperformwellundergreatpressureorafterasleeplessnight.8.Examslowerteachingstandards,too.Sinceateacher’sworkisoftenjudgedbytheexamresultsofhisstudents,heoftenteachesthemexamtechniquesratherthanknowledge.9.Theexamsystemleadstotheduck-stuffinglecturingmethod.10.Theexaminationsystemoftenproducespeoplewithgoodmarksbutpoorabilities,formanysuccessfulexamineesarewelleducated.11.Thestandardofeducationcannotbeimprovedsolongastheexaminationsystemexists.Counter-arguments1.Examsareawell-triedsystemwhichoffersthebestandquickestwayofassessingacandidate.2.Examshelpusfindpeoplewithrealabilities,forthestudentscannotpossiblydowellrelyingmerelyonmemoryandexamtechniques.3.Ifstudentsworksteadilyallthetime,theyneednotspendsomuchtimepreparingforexamsandwillnothavetosufferfrompsychologicalpressure.4.Manystudentshateexams,butadmitthatwithoutexams,theywouldn’tdoanyworkatall.5.Examsprovideaclearstandardbywhichthestudentscanassessthemselvesfromtimetotime.6.Teacherswantexamsbecausetheyindicateclearlywhatteachersshoulddo.7.Examshelpemployersintheirselectionofemployees.Thoughteacherscanwritereportsabouttheirstudentsforemployers,theyareoftensubjectiveandbiased.8.Examsareconstantlybeingimproved.Thereisalotofresearchintoobjective.Thereisalotofresearchintoobjectivetestingtechniquestoeliminatehumanerror,andcomputersarealreadywidelyusedtomarkspeciallydevisedtests.9.Perniciousaspectsofthesystem,suchasduck-stuffing,arenotthefaultofexaminations,butofteachers.10.Theexamsystemmaynotbeperfect,butit’sthebestwehave;itmaybepainful,butsoaremanythingsinlife.