Finals, What's the point?

Okay so it's that time of the year again when all the college and high school students are stressing out on FINALS!! Of course, right now are the finals for the college students and later on this month the seniors in high school would be starting their finals as well because of graduation. This is the time when everyone panics and tries to cram everything into their heads or everything into their final papers which usually consists of about 5+ pages and so on.

But to ask a simple question that has been asked for merely centuries, "Why do we take Finals?" "what's the point?" Well, as most teachers, professors, or the school board tells us..."it's to see how much you have learned over the course." and then again, does it really? To think about it from a young students point of view, for the most part, many students don't even take in or learn much throughout the year. I think because most of the classes they take aren't interesting enough for the student to remember anything, if that class was taught in a bad way or had too much information that most people get confused or again can't remember.

Also, when finals come up people are just studying quickly to just remember the concepts for the exam and then forget about it right after the exam. I'm pretty sure that many people who study for exams don't really know how to study for them just because of the information that's needed to know. That's just too much information for our brains to handle. Along with many of us having an outside life of work, family, and more work. Not to mention, summer's the only thing on the student's mind while taking the exams.

Overall, finals are one of the biggest concerns a student would have in school. They are a big part of your grade and it could either raise your grade or drop it. To compare it between high school and college students, college students have a it much worst and more stressful than high school students. Just the fact that high school students have more assignments that help their grade and they are given the opportunity of extra credit to help improve grades, at the most we don't. Then again, it is college...