Zwaagstra: Don’t scrap final exams. Some stress is good for students

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In the last week of January, many Grade 9 and 10 students at the Ottawa public school board had the entire week off.

than any other jurisdiction in North America), students have missed enough school. If they aren’t going to write final exams, the OCDSB should at least make sure students are in class.Article content

In case you’re wondering, don’t expect Ontario’s Ministry of Education to step in and correct the situation. Provincial officials No wonder many high school graduates are ill-prepared for post-secondary education and the world of work. Because not all stress is harmful. Most people know that a certain amount of stress is required to get things done. In most occupations, employees face at least moderate levels of stress, and this can serve as a powerful motivator to get a job done and to do it well.

 

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This so incredibly stupid, fire whoever wrote this

Rather than teaching the new generation that stress is a natural part of life, and offering tools in managing stress, they resort to this..... 🤷🏼‍♂️ The future is lost.

As Jill Biden says, other countries are now out educating us...meaning they'll out compete us.

Banana Republics have stress. We may be lucky if exams are our recurring nightmares not a lot worse

I don't think I'll be taking direction from a senior fellow at a libertarian thinktank that has historically been on the wrong side of practically every issue, thank you.

Exams isn't necessarily about learning information that you will retain. It is more importantly like a workout for your brain. Helps develop the brain and introduce students to stress handling, organization and failure/success.

Watching this paper slid into parody would be funny if it wasn't a indicative of society overall.

I thought this was a parody headline. This is such a toxic idea.

Life will be awful for them later, so lets make it awful as soon as possible to acclimate them. 💩

Some stress is good for students. Is prepping for a final exam good stress or bad stress? Because kids don't need bad stress.

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