Dear teachers and students,

Hello, everyone!Today I want to talk to you about exams。The mention of "exam" may surprise many students。Many students are afraid of examinations, do not want to face examinations, dare not mention examinations。why？Because the test will quantify your learning, in the form of scores presented, afraid of this evaluation, because too direct, too exciting!

Although everyone is a hundred examinations, have you ever thought about, what is an examination？Baidu said: examination is a strict knowledge level identification method。Passing the examination can check students' learning ability and their knowledge reserve。For different examinations, in order to ensure the fairness and fairness of the results, the examination room must require strong disciplinary constraints, and has a special examiner, invigilator and other supervision of the examination process, absolutely prohibit any cheating, otherwise it will bear legal and criminal responsibility。The examination is fair and serious, and if there is cheating, it is responsible。

If you go back to the original font meaning, what is "exam"？"Shuowen Jiezi" said: "exam, old also。"Test this word from the old province, 丂 sound。According to oracle bone inscriptions and Jinwen are like stoop back old man walking with a staff, the original meaning is old。What is "trying"?？"Shuowen Jiezi" said: "Try, use also。"Try the word from speech, style sound。The original meaning is "with"。Taken together, what is a test, which is simply understood as the use of knowledge in front of older people, and has gradually evolved into the current way of testing a person's skill or knowledge level。

Why do you dread the mere mention of exams？Because they are afraid of showing their knowledge or skills poorly？Because of the fear of passing the exam to expose their learning process of "lying flat" and "rotten" state？Maybe, but certainly not entirely。Why do you get nervous about exams？I think the main reason is that we have not made clear the relationship between study and examination。

Are you studying for a test？Is studying for exams？If you think so, then you must be nervous and afraid when facing the exam, because the exam has become the only measure of your learning, a one-off sale。If you are so aware, then over time, the exam will become the biggest obstacle and burden of your study。

Exams are actually just a way to learn, a way to promote learning, through the exam, make us can learn better。Tests are for learning!Through the phased examination, we can truly and clearly understand the state of their learning, so that teachers can accurately grasp the situation of students, so that teachers can teach better and students can learn better。Just be true to yourself on the test。Give full play to the function of examination detection and diagnosis。Let the exam be a mirror reflecting your own state。Through the exam, objective understanding of themselves, clear the direction of their efforts。Compare yourself with yourself, make progress every day。

Exam, or the students' quality level display window。How's your sense of the rules？It can be seen from your performance in the exam room: whether you strictly follow the rules of the exam, whether you can be honest in the exam, whether you comply with and practice the various requirements of the school grade？How is your civility？It can also be seen from the performance of the examination room: whether you speak and behave politely, whether you respect the invigilator, whether you can keep the examination room clean and tidy？I hope the students can take the opportunity to show their high quality。

明天，Middle school students will have a midterm exam，High school students will have exams next week，I hope you can take the teacher's advice to heart，Take the teacher's request to heart，Face the test correctly，Stick to the rules，Keep a calm mind，Solid review before the test，Be calm in the exam room，Think hard，Calm response，Careful verification，Only in this way can we really get excellent results，To show you're in great shape。

习近平总书记说：“青年兴则国家兴，青年强则国家强。Everyone present is the future of the pillars of the talent, I hope you can uphold the "self-improvement, moral commitment" school motto, keep in mind the original heart and mission, forge ahead, with practical actions to deliver a satisfactory answer!

Thank you all!

Zhang Biao, High School Attached to Tsinghua University

October 23, 2022