Finals May Lead to Success but Cause Extra Stress For many students

Christian Haugen, Staff Reporter

Every 18-20 weeks students are busy studying and stressing out about finals which weigh twenty percent of their grades which is no small factor, it can determine whether or not you pass a class. Also students need to study for all of their classes and there is only 24 hours in a day and studying for them takes a few hours for each class.

Final exams are one of the most stressful times of the year for students whether its studying for the tests or if a student can’t find material to help them study. Which for some students can determine whether or not they pass the class or keep the grade they have. Which can cause a lot of stress for students who have good grades because if they have a 90% in the class they have to score a 90% on the final to keep that anything lower drops it and there’s no getting it back.

Even though finals may cause a lot of stress for students as long as they are organized they should have all or most the materials they need to help them study and have success on the final. All the student needs to do is keep track of their things and make sure they attend class everyday.

The problem with final exams have a huge part on students grade is many students have a life outside of school so it may be hard for them to make time for studying. For example, some students work and some have families or other important things in life that they have to worry about and when it’s late at night people are tired from work or running around all day they don’t want to have to study for finals they would much rather go to sleep. However they can’t because they have a test worth twenty percent of their grade in the following days.

Final exams shouldn’t be worth as much as they are they should be worth a regular test grade the only thing that weight of the 20 percent on the grade is good for is causing students stress and students having to study countless hours so they can keep the grade they have or move up a letter grade. Also when students have four or five classes and all the tests are worth 20 percent of the grade many students will feel too much pressure and some will shut down.