Is testing knowledge the whole point of college? My accounting final just ended. Yesterday my group and I sat with the case for about four hours and hammered out as much accounting as we know; today that paid off. That leaves me questioning the whole validity of the exam strucure... I learned from prepping, shouldn't that be enough? Why do I need to learn, then memorize, then regurgitate in a high-stakes, closed-book examination? What does this prove?
Anyway, there's another one coming up in a few hours so I'd better fly. I'm on Kresge 4 with big white clouds visible across the floor through the windows that are my sky. It's exam time. Perfect for a blog slash rhyme:
Helping the kids out of their coats/But wait the babies haven't been born
Unpacking the bags and setting up/And planting lilacs and buttercups
But in the meantime I've got it hard/Second floor living without a yard
It may be years until the day/My dreams will match up with my pay.
Thursday, February 23, 2006