Letters

An unfair exam system

Not every student has the same aptitude, not everyone learns the same way. Some students are visual learners who absorb knowledge better with charts, graphics and pictures. Kinesthetic learners need hands-on experience to optimize their intelligence and auditory learners absorb by hearing lessons, in the form of lectures and the like. Clearly the existing teaching method benefits the latter, leaving the other two types at a disadvantage.

Likewise, "cookie-cutter" testing is beneficial only to a small group of students: those good at rote learning. I contend those are auditory learners.