PETITION AGAINST TESTS!

I want to formally begin a petition against tests and them being given in schools of any kind. I think that tests are a cruel way to force people to do things they don't want to do (i.e. studying, homework...). I am a college student, and as a college student, I have already, in the first 3 weeks that I have been here, studied countless hours for exams, worked on a paper, read, written journals and essays, and worked chemistry problems. and all for what? an EXAM!!!!!! I for one think that they are evil things that rob the world of it's creativity and individuality, and confine students to fit in little boxes of conformity. Tests limit a student's ability to express themselves and their ideas about a subject, and just because a student thinks differently than a teacher, they are automatically wrong, even though the question said, "What do YOU think the author meant..." That's an opinion question, HOW CAN IT BE WRONG????!!!!????? Teachers and other people of authority use these "tests" to filter through who could make it, and who can't. Ever notice that a test ( the SAT) helps decide whether you get into college? Or how about a test deciding whether or not you can pass a course (EOC's)? Filters, harsh, unfeeling filters that make some feel like dropping out of school is all that they are.

In conclusion, I think that tests are the spawn of satan.

The end.

Have a great day tomorrow! :)