Blue blooded La Sallian (Just thinking out loud)
Section 2.g.i. of ADMU's Magna Carta of Undergraduate Student Rights says:
Major Exams. Students shall be informed of long examinations one (1) week in advance, and midterms and/or finals at least two (2) weeks in advance.
In our first term last year, our organic chemistry professor, Dr. J, gave us "suprise" long exams and I was the only one who raised an eyebrow on it. Everyone I shared this grievance to told me that it was really the teacher's prerogative to administer exams any way he or she likes. Tama sila technically. There is no such restriction in DLSU's student handbook. But are they ethically right? I say no! Why?
1. Student's have the right to quality education, which means student's have the right to quality examination. How is a suprise long exam made? It could be weeks of planning and drafting by the prof, but it could also possibly be made on the spot! Administering suprise long exams discourages the student from cramming and will discourage absences, which are all good, kaya lang ang nangyayari teacher naman ang pwede maging crammer. The instructor can just pull out questions and problems out of his ass one day without really checking if they are appropriate or relevant to what the students have been taught in past lessons all because uminit ang ulo niya dahil nadulas siya sa hagdanan on the way to class. You might aruge though that even if an exam is announced, there is no guarantee that the prof can't just make it up during the...err...exam itself. To which I will just have to pick my nose.
2. There is a potential for abuse. Many students have learned or have been conditioned to dread examination days. Can you imagine if one whole department or worse, all departments agree to administer only suprise long exams? Eh di ang dami na sigurong students na tumalon mula sa 5th floor fire escape ng Saint Joseph hall! Its just too much unnecessary stress, or in the wise words of Badinggerzie, "Harsh, da vah?!"
3. Wala pa akong maisip na 3rd argument.
4. I got a 1.0 in ORGCHE2 because of this. Ehehehehe
5. Students are entitled to use their "cuts" as long as they don't go over. Exam days are very important days that a student will not want to miss, and it is only right that they be informed when these days are so that they can plan their schedules/appointments outside school (Yes, we do have lives outside our academics) in advance.
Tulungan niyo naman ako mag-isip ng iba pang mga rason! Anyone out there!
posted by Kaloy @ 4:01 PM
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