The exams of today, are not simply just a test of academic abilities. For one, it tests our ability to hold in our pee and shit and think. For 2, it tests our ability to shit and pee before the important things take place.
How does the exam test that? They restrict you from going out to the toilet 1 hr from the start of the exam and 1 hr before the exam ends. For your information, most examinations are less than 2 hours.
Now, i understand that they want to prevent cheating, but that is just stupid.
After a math mock, i remember a teacher went up to the front and said: ''You shouldn't go to the toilet 5 mins before the exam ends! We don't allow that! Also, you should use the time to do your exam! Don't waste time!''
Now, imagine you are going to shit your pants, but barely. Just imagine it, disgusting as it may sound. Now you frantically rush to the door, reaching for the toilet. But then, an invigilator stops you.
''Let me go to the toilet! Please! I'm shitting my pants!''
'' NO! ITS THE RULES!''
''Please! I'll be back in 5 to 10 minutes, just let me go and it will save a lot trouble!''
''NO! DO YOUR EXAM! DON'T WASTE TIME! ITS THE RULES!''
''No seriously, i need to relieve myself. ''
''NO''
''Alright, i know you want to prevent cheating. YOU CAN LOOK AT ME SHIT! HAPPY?! NOW LET ME GO!''
''NO! ITS THE RULES!!''
The exam is evil. 1st, you have to pay an exorbitant fee to stress yourself out. People pay the service industry for excellent service. For exams, you pay people to spit on you. Perhaps worse, is that you are FORCED to pay.
I don't get the reasoning behind ''not going to toilet = save time''. Seriously how is going to the toilet so i can refresh myself and think better a waste of time? This is exactly why this society is so fucked up. People grow up following the rules without understanding the reasoning behind the rules. Then they just follow, and enforce it on people who knows nothing, who then grow up to be like them...
''You have to go to school, and study every hour of the day and week until you grow up because apparently it makes you rich somehow''
''Don't stand up to that evil king, because he kills everybody, and apparently everybody hates him, but we don't know why we listen to his every commands''
''Cut your hair, because apparently the rules say that the less hair you have the more disciplined and the more you are a good person.''
''The iPhone 4 is the most popular phone, so it is the best phone. Everybody says so.''
I say bullshit. The people enforcing such rules are like batman in the following video: