Taking exams after Winter break is bad

An editorial from The Garnet Black & Gold, student newspaper of the Rock Hill High School Bearcats.

Since the school calendar has changed, so has the time when students take their exams. Instead of taking exams before you get out for Winter break, you take them a couple weeks into the New Year. Because of this change, many students feel stressed when they come back from break.

We feel that taking exams after Winter break is bad. Many students relax over break and don't want to study for their exams.

We agree with Ryan lowers, senior, about the policy.

"I think it's kind of silly to go for two weeks and do absolutely no type of
school related activities at all," Jowers said, "They say we should be studying, but let's be realistic, no one is going to have the time or want to do that."

Students are basically given the choice to study over break or do badly on
their upcoming exams.

"I don't like taking exams after break because most people, like me, will not
study over break because you just want to relax," Cole Hancock, sophomore, said.

Teachers also feel pressure to try and review the entire curriculum of the year in a limited amount of time.

Some students feel that the break is an opportunity to study for the upcoming
exams.

"I don't like taking exams after the break, but we do have more time to study, which is good," Elizabeth Fabian, junior, said.

New Years is usually a chance to start over new and make new resolutions.
But, since students are going back to the same classes, they don't have the
opportunity to start over new and make better grades.

We can't change the fact that the exam schedule has been changed, but most
students feel that the policy is not a good idea.
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Students can thank the South Carolina legislators for this change.