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Exemptions reward learning

February 13, 2009 by Optimist Reader

If a student has a high grade and good attendance, I agree that the final shouldn’t be very hard for them.

But personally, I have had classes where my grade has consisted of nothing more than a few essays written throughout the semester. That sort of grading policy is great for someone like me that is a horrid test taker. I can know every bit of information that I need to know, and as soon as my professor slaps a sheet of paper on my desk with “FINAL EXAM” written at the top, my mind goes completely blank.

If I have proven my ability to do what is asked time and again throughout the course, I should be allowed to exempt the final. Especially because as everyone knows, finals are no fun.

You just end up staying up all night going over notes and flash cards and doing all sorts of little tricks to just hang onto the information long enough to regurgitate it back onto your Scantron at test time. It really doesn’t help you learn the material.

I really hope ACU makes finals exemptions a reality.

Jamie Elswood, junior accounting major from San Antonio

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