Monday, March 30, 2009

Do you agree to scraping the CCTs?

I do not agree that we should scrap the CCTs.

In this essay, I would explain why we should not scrap the CCTs using various perspectives from the students, parents and schools point of view.

The reason why students go to school is to learn more knowledge. To get a good grasp and improve on the topic they are learning, students need to know what their standard are and frequent mistakes they make regarding the topic in question. At the same time, we have to agree that the point of having examinations is to gauge our own comprehension of the subject. Examinations are one of the few methods to find out a person’s understanding of concepts, as examination conditions provide necessary stress, time limit and problem difficulty to put students to test. Therefore, if we scrap the CCTs, there will be very little chances for students to gauge their own standards, and thus little chance for improvement in work.

Thursday, March 19, 2009

What is an exposition?

Exposition is a type of oral or written discourse that is written in an informative matter. Its aim is to describe and explain the topic in question and the writer has to assume that the reader has no prior knowledge regarding the topic.