Exams: some of the pros and cons

Examinations are formal written, oral or practical tests in an educational environment to see how much a student knows about a subject. Exams play an important role in the educational context. The importance of the exams is so high that most students are afraid of them. Below I explain, from my point of view, some of the pros and cons of exams.

On the one hand, exams can be very useful because they show how much a student has learned or understood from a subject. With examinations we, as students, are able to know our level of performance and knowledge. Examinations may be an efficient way to measure the knowledge. When a student gets low marks, it can be a signal to have of having to study harder. So, exams allow doing a self-analysis of one’s own abilities. However, if too many students get low marks, then it can be a sign to the teacher to provide more explanations or extra lessons to help the students.

In addition, exams are an incentive for learning and studying. What’s more, sometimes, exams can create a healthy competitive environment because students want to have better marks than other students in the class, and exams play an important role in getting students to study. We want to do more and to do best better. What is more, exams are excellent at revealing our strengths and our weaknesses, telling us what we need to concentrate on and where we need to improve. And, we mustn’t forget that the anxiety due to exams is good. Anxiety is a necessary part of life and with the pressures of exams our mentality becomes stronger.

On the other hand, exams test a limited range of skills. They can favour people with a good memory and techniques. Moreover, it has been argued that students may suffer from the consequences of stress and anxiety during the exam preparation so they may show poor performance in exams but when we may overcome our nerves, we are able to doing a good exam and haveing a good mark. Besides, examinations can be for some students a source of health problems like headaches, vomiting, nauseas, … Health problems and high levels of anxiety related to exams can create fear and hatred and these emotions lead students to disinterest in studies.

              In conclusion, and in spite of everything, I think exams nowadays are necessary because they may measure people’s abilities and how much we have learned. Besides, some students can have an opportunity to overcome their nerves.

Very good composition Mayte!! as always!! I have corrected a few things so let me know if your understand something. 
The composition is great in terms of structure, connectors and use of vocabulary. You have presented your arguments very well and supported them with examples. See you later in class ;-)