Today I want to talk about education – about the purpose of exams, and the purpose of studying.
I have been seeing this every year that people would start studying only some days before the exams as a rule, as if that is the only season for studying. And that's not just it. The problem is that they think they need to study only for there are exams. In worse cases I have seen they would get a set of important questions and study only those questions as that would be sufficient to score enough marks which they desire. And in the worst cases I have seen them buying exam question papers from illegal sources, and be free of all the toil of studying and preparation.
This makes me wonder why do we actually study. I study to gain knowledge. And I believe there is no "season" for gaining knowledge. I recently gave final exams of M Com degree. I would say I studied that course because I wanted to gain knowledge of that field. After attaining the knowledge I could identify myself as a master of commerce (as the degree suggests). The important thing to note here is that the knowledge gives me the title and not passing the exams. I would be a master of commerce even if I do not appear for exams. Only if I understand all the matter in the course books I am it. Exams don’t really matter.
However, it is through exams that your knowledge is tested and only then you can claim the title. So exams are necessary to test you before certifying. But those people who study only from exam point of view should ask themselves that even after passing the exams, even after scoring good marks are they really worthy of that title? Of course, it will ensure a career for them, earn them respect; but in truth, do they really deserve it? They have studied only those portions which were going to be asked in exams, so they scored well. But what about the knowledge? Knowledge is lapsed.
I believe if something is given in your course books then it has to be studied with full efforts at understanding it, no matter how unimportant it is from exam point of view. Only then you truly deserve the degree. And there is no season for studying. When you are genuinely interested in some thing you can study it throughout your life, everyday! Even if exams are not there you will study as long as you want the knowledge.
They are not true knowledge seekers. They think education is just a tool that has to be used for securing career, and they want to use it just as much as required for attaining their mean objective. They don’t really desire to be enriched in mind, which is the basic purpose of education.
Remember, you should not study for there are exams. But exams are there to ensure that you have studied everything. So when you keep such attitude of studying only for exams you actually make the very purpose of exams void!
I have been seeing this every year that people would start studying only some days before the exams as a rule, as if that is the only season for studying. And that's not just it. The problem is that they think they need to study only for there are exams. In worse cases I have seen they would get a set of important questions and study only those questions as that would be sufficient to score enough marks which they desire. And in the worst cases I have seen them buying exam question papers from illegal sources, and be free of all the toil of studying and preparation.
This makes me wonder why do we actually study. I study to gain knowledge. And I believe there is no "season" for gaining knowledge. I recently gave final exams of M Com degree. I would say I studied that course because I wanted to gain knowledge of that field. After attaining the knowledge I could identify myself as a master of commerce (as the degree suggests). The important thing to note here is that the knowledge gives me the title and not passing the exams. I would be a master of commerce even if I do not appear for exams. Only if I understand all the matter in the course books I am it. Exams don’t really matter.
However, it is through exams that your knowledge is tested and only then you can claim the title. So exams are necessary to test you before certifying. But those people who study only from exam point of view should ask themselves that even after passing the exams, even after scoring good marks are they really worthy of that title? Of course, it will ensure a career for them, earn them respect; but in truth, do they really deserve it? They have studied only those portions which were going to be asked in exams, so they scored well. But what about the knowledge? Knowledge is lapsed.
I believe if something is given in your course books then it has to be studied with full efforts at understanding it, no matter how unimportant it is from exam point of view. Only then you truly deserve the degree. And there is no season for studying. When you are genuinely interested in some thing you can study it throughout your life, everyday! Even if exams are not there you will study as long as you want the knowledge.
They are not true knowledge seekers. They think education is just a tool that has to be used for securing career, and they want to use it just as much as required for attaining their mean objective. They don’t really desire to be enriched in mind, which is the basic purpose of education.
Remember, you should not study for there are exams. But exams are there to ensure that you have studied everything. So when you keep such attitude of studying only for exams you actually make the very purpose of exams void!
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