For Exam or for the Knowledge?
Why do we study? Why do we spend hours study? Why do we do last minutes piling up? Is it for the exam? Or for the knowledge itself?
Sometime I felt like myself is studying for the exam, not for the knowledge. I read, read and read. I revise, revise and revise. I do exercise, exercise and exercise. For the sake of what? Getting good grades. Getting a pass.
That is what most student thinks. Study hard before exam, after exam, play play and play. By that time, you’ll forget what you’ve learnt, most of it.
My teacher recently told my class to study for the knowledge itself. She says it’s better we study for the sake of the knowledge, rather than the exam. If we’re studying for the sake of exam, most probably the knowledge will be forgotten after the exam, that is what my teacher told our class. This is the line that I remembered most when my teacher told our class the advice:
Study for knowledge, for yourself, not for the exam. Exam is just a test of your capability.
I started to think that I’ve been studying for my exam. Maybe I should change my perception on studies and knowledge. I should get the knowledge for myself, for my future use.
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April 25th, 2005 at 11:23 pm
haiz…tell me bout it… I forgot half of wat i learned in add maths class. And it’s only like just FIVE months?!
haha…
yup, u shud really study for d knowledge. bt the thing is…our Msian edu system is juz like tht…Asian parents is another factor too… Lots of A1s = excellent student; Lesser = Loser wif no talents…
I’ve been through this. All i can say is do what you think is the BEST, not wat OTHERS think.
April 26th, 2005 at 1:00 am
if you’re studying for knowledge, i don’t think you would revise it for like a million times. thank god i’m not at school anymore! most of us are definitely studying for exams. because like you said, asian parents are like that.
April 26th, 2005 at 12:29 pm
compare yourself while you’re doing webdesign..you can do a website without referring to any books and still have the skillz, that’s knowledge…
take out your history book and read for a few tenths of a time and still don’t understand and you keep trying to understand, that’s study…
that’s how i define ;P
April 26th, 2005 at 2:57 pm
study for the knowledge….true that’s wat we should be doin, nonetheless exams are important. How else could you measure a person’s abillity? If someone cannot recommend a better system then i guess we are stuck with this one eventhough it may be heavily flawed.
That’s why, we should still read and learn new things even though we’ve finished school. Our knowledge is not for exams,our knowledge is for ourselves.
April 26th, 2005 at 10:41 pm
study is for exam, for some knowledges you have studied, you can give back to school after exam :tounge: lol… but learning is for your own good, for life…