While a new school term is about to begin, perhaps we should reconsider the matter of examinations. In July, two writers (Letters to the Editor) praised the cancellation of exams because they believe “tests don’t tell the whole story.”
新学期即将开始，也许我们应该重新考虑考试这件事。7月，两位作家（《致编辑的信》）建议取消考试，因为他们认为“考试并不能说明全部情况。”
As a teacher who has worked in four countries, I have had the experience that a student who earns good marks is generally a good student, and that a student’s final mark in a subject is usually a grade average of the year’s work. Of course there are exceptions, but they do not have the frequency that would give an unfair picture of a student’s ability.
作为一名在四个国家工作过的教师，我有这样的经验，一个获得好成绩的学生通常是一个好学生，一个学生在一门学科中的最终成绩通常是一年工作的平均成绩。当然也有例外，但它们的频率不会对学生的能力产生不公平的影响。
The simple fact is that proper class work, diligent exam studies and good marks are almost certain indicators of a student’s future performance. The opposite, almost certainly, incompetence.
简单的事实是，正确的课堂作业、勤奋的考试学习和良好的成绩几乎是衡量学生未来表现的指标。反之，几乎可以肯定是无能。
There is no acceptable substitute for competition and examination of quality. How can teachers and future officials determine what a student has learned and remembered? Should we simply take the student word for it? Any institution that “liberates” students from fair and formal exams is misguided, if not ignorant. And surely the “graduates” of such institutions will lack trustworthiness, not to mention being rejected by foreign universities for graduate or other studies.
竞争和质量检测是无可替代的。教师和未来的官员如何确定学生所学所记？我们应该简单地接受学生的话吗？任何将学生从公平和正式的考试中“解放”出来的机构，如果不是无知的话，也是被误导的。当然，这些机构的“毕业生”将缺乏可信度，更不用说被外国大学拒绝攻读研究生或其他学业了。
When all is said and done, I sense that a fear of failure and a fear of unpleasant comparison with others is at the bottom of most ban-exams talk. Excellence and quality fear nothing. On the contrary, they seek competition and desire the satisfaction of being the best.
当一切都说了算，我感觉到担心失败和对与他人进行不愉快比较的恐惧是大多数禁止考试言论的根源。优秀生无所畏惧。相反，他们追求竞争，渴望成为最好的人。
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