Saturday, October 21, 2006

The university examination rules are so strict that it really takes me some time to accept all of them. The penalties of violation of some of these rules can even cause suspension or expulsion. These penalties are so severe that they can destroy a person’s prospect thoroughly. It is not easy for every student nowadays because every student aims at his or her goals, engages in his or her studying, and makes great effort in overcoming academic problems and climbing the scientific mountains. Receiving these penalties is no other than cutting off the ropes which students are pulling hard in order to climb up. The result is obvious that the students whose ropes are cut fall down to the deepest bottom of canyons and are never able to return. Even though those less severe punishment won’t make such destruction as the sever ones, they still can bury one’s dreams, end one’s glorious past, and burden one with heavy psychological debt, for every person knows that there must be an “f” that follows the cancellation of the final exam; furthermore, if one is regarded as a person who likes cheating or ever cheated, how can he or she be accepted or tolerated by other students and make friends with others; thus, the one who cheat once by mistake must bear the pressures from both failure of courses and isolation. These pressures can easily knock down almost every person.
As for penalties, I prefer Chinese examination rules that never prescribe that cheating can result in suspension or expulsion. Students cannot be cancelled their exams unless exact evidence is found, such as cheating notes. As a matter of fact, there is no time to cheat in almost every determinative exam, such as college entrance exams. In addition, the students who depend on cheating to get marks are the worst students. Even though they cheat, still their marks are very low; therefore, penalties of cheating in Chinese exams are not so severe as those in Canadian exams.
Anyway, now that university examination rules have been prescribed and can’t be changed, I’d better take care and follow these rules all the time although I think that some of these rules are a little fussy, for I don’t want to be a student who is intolerable to others, and I value my future much despite the fact that there may not any brilliant point in my future. I also hope that you guys never violate examination rules or receive penalties and march towards your goals smoothly.

4 comments:

Ms Tsang said...

It is interesting to learn about the Chinese examination system! I didn't know that in Chinese Exams things were not mentioned so explicitly.

Scott Douglas said...

It's interesting to see the difference between Canadian rules and Chinese rules. It really tells me a lot about our different cultures. I think the key is to accept that we can't change the rules in Canada, and we have to live by them. It's our way of doing things . . .

Carolyn said...
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Carolyn said...

You know, when I was a student in high school doing exams, I used to think that the rules seemed silly. However, now that I am trying to be a teacher, I can see why making sure students don't cheat is so important. As a teacher, I dont' really care what marks my students will get; what I care about is that they truly learn something, and are proud of their own accomplishments. If a student is cheating, he or she is lying, and obviously do not care about whether they learn something or not. When a student cheats, they are telling a teacher that the teacher did not do a good enough job teaching them or that they do not believe that they have learned enough; basically, it tells the teacher that they don't have faith in themselves. Teaching is not just getting the information to students, it's also helping the students feel good about themselves, which Scott does an excellent job of doing. So, to cheat in Canada means that you are not just hurting yourself, but you are hurting your teacher as well. I think that is why we put so much importance on our exams; to make sure no one hurts anyone. I hope that makes sense!!!