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**Doncarlito** · 03-03-2012, 04:31 AM

Well, that sorts of defeats the purpose of exams, surely? There's not supposed to be a level playing-field; those who revise deserve to do better than those who do not.

I agree but these things are not as simple as they appear and are connected to the political and economic layout of the land. Education serves some not-so-visible purposes too, especially now that post-secondary is becoming more and more accessible for a lot of students in the developed nations.

[edit: BTW, I was being a little sarcastic in my previous post. The way I see it, the purpose of education is to place people on different socio-economic levels and to ensure the reproduction of societal values (like nationalism, religion and political viewpoint). When you look globally, you will find people for whom education (as well as access to clean water and health care) is not an option (whereas we in the West easily take these for granted) - they will likely either never leave their location or, if they do, more often than not they will be a part of the lowest rung on the socio-economic ladder in their new country (with one possible way out being crime). Meanwhile, a similar situation is at play in any given society where some will always have better access than others. And, those of us in the West who have made it to some level of 'success' can chew over which school to attend and which country to move to next. There certainly are people who come from a lower socio-economic background and attain 'success' in such a model but they are exceptions, not the rule. The way education is currently set up is based on power, and I feel that power is corrupt, corrupting, oppressive and definitely not equally distributed or accessible.]

03-03-2012, 04:31 AM	#23
Doncarlito Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 538 Senior Member	Well, that sorts of defeats the purpose of exams, surely? There's not supposed to be a level playing-field; those who revise deserve to do better than those who do not. I agree but these things are not as simple as they appear and are connected to the political and economic layout of the land. Education serves some not-so-visible purposes too, especially now that post-secondary is becoming more and more accessible for a lot of students in the developed nations. [edit: BTW, I was being a little sarcastic in my previous post. The way I see it, the purpose of education is to place people on different socio-economic levels and to ensure the reproduction of societal values (like nationalism, religion and political viewpoint). When you look globally, you will find people for whom education (as well as access to clean water and health care) is not an option (whereas we in the West easily take these for granted) - they will likely either never leave their location or, if they do, more often than not they will be a part of the lowest rung on the socio-economic ladder in their new country (with one possible way out being crime). Meanwhile, a similar situation is at play in any given society where some will always have better access than others. And, those of us in the West who have made it to some level of 'success' can chew over which school to attend and which country to move to next. There certainly are people who come from a lower socio-economic background and attain 'success' in such a model but they are exceptions, not the rule. The way education is currently set up is based on power, and I feel that power is corrupt, corrupting, oppressive and definitely not equally distributed or accessible.]
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