Actually it was my friend’s bad past experience; when he failed to pass final examination for SMA graduation (UAN). He was not stupid; even he was always on the top ten ranks in the class every semester. He could not pass UAN, because he could not fill up the minimum standard grade for graduation (4.25). He got only 4.10 for his English course UAN.Actually he was good enough in English, he often involves in class discussion; he was active students. He almost never skipped the class; he paid much attention toward the lesson and asking question if he got confused. But it does not influence the graduation at all. He is also good in conversation in the real life; he had ever become a winner in English championship. After I asked why he got bad mark in English, he explained to me that he was sick quite seriously at that time, so that he could not prepare it well. He did not study at all for preparing the final examination and he also did the final examination in not good healthy condition.
On the other hand there were other students could filled up the minimum standard and passed the UAN, even though they were not good enough in English and did not face any problem in graduation. In the daily routine activity class, they often did not involve in the discussion, they were only passive students. Even, there were some students who only paid a few attentions and even there were some who skip the class, but as a result of their final examination; they could pass any courses.
Critical reflection
I strongly disagree with ability measurement only based on the final examination (UAN) which decides the graduation. I think it is kind of oppression, because sometime it does not reflect students’ ability at all. Sometime talented students will get a bad mark and also at the contrary, because many other factors outside ability will also influence the grade of final examination. On this case, talented students got a bad grade because he was sick and could not prepare for the test well; on the other hand actually he has higher ability than others who got good grade.
Other oppression is it also forces the students to learn more and memorize all the materials from the beginning till the end which is sometime it is not applicable into real life. In addition, sometime students who do not need to study particular course are still oblige to learn in order to fill up the minimum standard grade for graduation requirement. For example; students who will continue to study in English department also oblige to fill up standard grade for mathematic course. It seems like useless thing to do.
I hope miss-measurement will not occur anymore latter on; because it gives quite huge contribution toward students’ future destiny. I hope other performance like daily performance in class will take a part in ability measurement; so that it could really measure the students’ ability and decide whether the students are good enough or not to graduate. I think more applicable materials for students are very useful to fulfill the students necessary latter on.
On the other hand there were other students could filled up the minimum standard and passed the UAN, even though they were not good enough in English and did not face any problem in graduation. In the daily routine activity class, they often did not involve in the discussion, they were only passive students. Even, there were some students who only paid a few attentions and even there were some who skip the class, but as a result of their final examination; they could pass any courses.
Critical reflection
I strongly disagree with ability measurement only based on the final examination (UAN) which decides the graduation. I think it is kind of oppression, because sometime it does not reflect students’ ability at all. Sometime talented students will get a bad mark and also at the contrary, because many other factors outside ability will also influence the grade of final examination. On this case, talented students got a bad grade because he was sick and could not prepare for the test well; on the other hand actually he has higher ability than others who got good grade.
Other oppression is it also forces the students to learn more and memorize all the materials from the beginning till the end which is sometime it is not applicable into real life. In addition, sometime students who do not need to study particular course are still oblige to learn in order to fill up the minimum standard grade for graduation requirement. For example; students who will continue to study in English department also oblige to fill up standard grade for mathematic course. It seems like useless thing to do.
I hope miss-measurement will not occur anymore latter on; because it gives quite huge contribution toward students’ future destiny. I hope other performance like daily performance in class will take a part in ability measurement; so that it could really measure the students’ ability and decide whether the students are good enough or not to graduate. I think more applicable materials for students are very useful to fulfill the students necessary latter on.
Taken from Critical Pedagogy and Literacy Project
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