EXAMS

The exams are this week, and we're starting on the 13th of January, which is a Wednesday and it makes no sense. Also this weekend is a 3 day weekend because Martin Luther King Day is on Monday and we take out last exam on Tuesday, which makes even less sense. At my old school, and I know the years before at this school now, they got to go home if a note was given to the teacher for being excused. After that you were aloud to leave campus and do your own thing. But this year is chaos, you have to have your parent sign you out in between 12:30-1:15 and if you are signed out after that then you are not able to leave campus. Many students are leaving and that is causing many parents coming in and having to wait and try to sign their children out. This causes impatience to the parents and causes them to get frustrated with the secretary's at the desk who call the classrooms to sign children out. Because of this happening the secretary's get punished for a rule they did not even make or a rule that they do not like or agree with. This caused great problems and drama. Most review sessions in the afternoons after the exams are empty. In the reviews their are barely any students and in most review sessions students just "chill" and watch movies or go on their phones or just talk among their piers. I know of this because I also did this and I know there are several other students who stayed but only had not even half of their classroom students appear for review session. Also, today is Friday and at the moment we are having out 4th period "review" session. During this review several students are taking their teacher exam. Which is not fair because what if those students want to go to their review exam. which is not likely, but it takes away their chance to go to review. None of this review stuff makes sense and it confuses me. Please, Newton-Conover High School, change this crazy exam to make it more convenient for parents and students and teachers because teachers are basically wasting their time trying to review when no students show up. They are basically babysitting high school students.