50% is too much, and with the condition that you can't even write the diploma again right after, students have to wait really long to boost their marks up
Some students have to miss a year of university to upgrade so in my opinion it is necessary to bring the weighting of the diploma for the final mark down to 30%
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Kehful Shaikh
12 years ago
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The diploma exams are not an accurate measure of what one learns throughout the school year. Exams should not mark our ability to memorize a whole course worth of information out of our textbooks but rather our progress throughout the school year as growing individuals. One can argue that the diplomas pose a huge amount of stress on a student as it is MAKE UP 50% OF OUR MARKS all within the time frame of the two hours it takes us to write the exam. This is unfair to the students and teachers who work hard throughout the year.
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22g
12 years ago
BALLISLIFE
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Harmohan Sidhu
12 years ago
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Diploma tests are very stressfull and a exam to be weighed that much is suprising.It brings the avrage down so much.Even the best students may fail and bring their average down significantly therefore post secondary opportunities may be lost for some dilgent students.
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Inara Sakhi
12 years ago
Do y'all want us to fail?
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Syed Rizvi
12 years ago
Make it like 30%
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Anonymous
12 years ago
Lower it bigtime!!
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Mark Huang
14 years ago
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Ridiculous that Alberta makes us jump through hoops just to get into the same unis kids from Ontario get into with way less effort. Lower the weight already.
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Sarah Stewart
14 years ago
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My semester mark was 92 and the diploma dropped it to 84. It is so unfair how one test can ruin all the work I put in for 5 months. Please change this.
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Areeba Ashrafi
14 years ago
It's very stressful it should be at least 30% the most
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Anonymous
14 years ago
Kuttay salays, Lower the damn diploma percentage or else...
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Ron Powell
14 years ago
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Alberta Diploma Exams go against everything that University of Alberta teaches about fair Assessment. The teachers don't want a 50% exam. The parents don't want a 50% diploma. How in the world does the province continue to do this? What is their science behind this. It causes undue duress on students. How did they get away with this in the first place? The policy has no reasonable basis and hurts the mental health of students.
50% is too much, and with the condition that you can't even write the diploma again right after, students have to wait really long to boost their marks up Some students have to miss a year of university to upgrade so in my opinion it is necessary to bring the weighting of the diploma for the final mark down to 30%
The diploma exams are not an accurate measure of what one learns throughout the school year. Exams should not mark our ability to memorize a whole course worth of information out of our textbooks but rather our progress throughout the school year as growing individuals. One can argue that the diplomas pose a huge amount of stress on a student as it is MAKE UP 50% OF OUR MARKS all within the time frame of the two hours it takes us to write the exam. This is unfair to the students and teachers who work hard throughout the year.
BALLISLIFE
Diploma tests are very stressfull and a exam to be weighed that much is suprising.It brings the avrage down so much.Even the best students may fail and bring their average down significantly therefore post secondary opportunities may be lost for some dilgent students.
Do y'all want us to fail?
Make it like 30%
Lower it bigtime!!
Ridiculous that Alberta makes us jump through hoops just to get into the same unis kids from Ontario get into with way less effort. Lower the weight already.
My semester mark was 92 and the diploma dropped it to 84. It is so unfair how one test can ruin all the work I put in for 5 months. Please change this.
It's very stressful it should be at least 30% the most
Kuttay salays, Lower the damn diploma percentage or else...
Alberta Diploma Exams go against everything that University of Alberta teaches about fair Assessment. The teachers don't want a 50% exam. The parents don't want a 50% diploma. How in the world does the province continue to do this? What is their science behind this. It causes undue duress on students. How did they get away with this in the first place? The policy has no reasonable basis and hurts the mental health of students.