Subject? Probably Biology, or so I've heard.

[raven]

I'm going to start this with a quote from osiris13:

"Three sets of major exams in three years. What kind of a fucked up system is that?"

I couldn't agree more if I tried. But no, we live by the system, we die by the system, and in between, we take exams. I'll take this moment to wish good luck to purplerainbow, shipperkitten, osiris13, cucharita, _detroit, chanandlerbong, hathy_col and amchau.
Not that they need it - and to whoever asked, mitosis is division of a cell that involves replication of all chromosomes to form diploid cells, and meiosis is cell division involving replication of all chromosomes that then split to form cells with the haploid number of chromosomes, ie gametes.

And that's done. I still haven't looked at homeostasis, but I don't care particularly. There is an exam, I have to take it, and I'll probably do all right. I'm leaving at eleven, which is much too early but my mother would panic otherwise. She's also afraid of my not having breakfast, so I guess I'll have to humour her and eat something. She's in a much worse state of panic than I am, and this is my exam. Bizarrely enough.

I'm not in a state of panic. I've got to teach Biology to cucharita later, which may be something of a strain on my resources, but blah. I don't care. Congratulations to the government, by the way - you have created a nation of sixteen-year-olds who do not care. This is what the system does.

"Hold your breath and count to ten, fall apart, start again..."

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[tygermoonfoxx.livejournal.com]

Yours is the second journal I've seen today talking about exams and the overemphasis of them as a summary of what has been learned. I think it's a shame to see so many obvioiusly intelligent young minds pushed to the point of not caring anymore because the system chooses to emphasis the final grade rather than the learning process. I could understand needing to check the learning process because I was once a teacher but I never understood the need to make those exams count for more than an entire year of learning (which is why I'm no longer a teacher).

Anyhow, good luck....and your mother's right. Studies have shown that students who eat breakfast perform better on their exams than students who don't.