VIP Class Notes (Jesse) [W / S]

Many people believe that formal “pen and paper” examinations are not the best method of assessing educational achievement.

Discuss this view and give your own opinion.

Write your answer – 1 sentence / 2 sentences
Positives and negatives (pros and cons) of having these types of tests and not having them.
What are the alternatives for testing like this?
Examples to support?

1. The positives of “pen and paper” examination can be reinforce knowledge, help the students to make a more clear mind for your real knowledge reserve, and the true level in class. The negatives are always give students too much pressure, really waste paper, and if there are too many times for exams, the effect won’t be good all the time.

1. The positives of “pen and paper” examination is reinforcing knowledge, helping the students to clear their minds and remember what they have learned, and each students’ true level in each class. The negatives are always giving students too much pressure, waste too much paper, and if the exams happen to often / if students have too many exams, the effect won’t always be good.

Vocabulary

mid term exam / end of year exam

a lot of pressure / a huge amount of pressure
eg. kids have a huge amount of pressure at school

alternative – sth else that you can choose

improve your quality of life 

hold = keep sth in / for yourself / don’t release

overtake / overtook / drove past
eg. Mr Bean overtook the 3 wheeled car

turned over / flipped / crashed
eg. the 3 wheeled car turned over / crashed

padlock – the type of lock that Mr Bean used on his car

put on makeup / do makeup – hua zhuang
dress-up – wear special clothes / make yourself look really nice
get dressed – put clothes on

shave – gua

grocery store – daily things you need you can buy here

I think i would like to choose a bad house with good environment. For me a good environment was really important because if you have a really horrible mood and you would like to have a walk, so when my mood is getting worse and a house can’t hold me through and i would like to go out and have some fresh air and have more thinking so i think at this point the good environment will hold me better. If you live a really bad house, the bad house in my mind is just dirty, but I think you can change your house for the better because the house is yours. So in one day you can just doing the cleaning job.

I think i would like to choose a bad house with good environment. For me a good environment is really important because when you have a really horrible mood and you like having a walk / going for a walk, so when my mood is getting worse and a house can’t help me through it, i really enjoy going out to get some fresh air and have a think so i think at this point the good environment will help me better / more. If you live in a really bad house which in my mind is just dirty, I think you can change your house for the better because the house is yours. So in one day you can just do the housework.