Finals are this week. I've been thinking a bit lately about the purpose of finals. Most of my professors treat "finals" as just the next test in a series of sectional exams.
The psychology final I just finished consisted of 45 multiple choice questions about the last three chapters of the semester. It was the easiest psych test by far.
My roommate's final today, however, was for human growth and development. They had a sectional exam on Wednesday, and then a comprehensive final this morning. I've been racking (literally, torturing, as in "on the rack") my brain trying to figure out the purpose behind this. Sarah's theory: education professors are sadists. I'm tempted to agree. The students have already been tested over this material. Some of it just three days ago!
Now, I have a Middle Ages exam on Wednesday (at 8 am!), and he told us we should be aware of previous material (since it's a history class, and history is by definition comprehensive), but that we would be primarily tested over what we've learned since our most recent exam.
So, my little rant on comprehensive college finals. Silly. Also, I think some professors weight the final and others don't. Why?
But with Thursday at midnight comes Iron Man 2 and the end of our first year of college. If we can survive until then. :)
~Hayley
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