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Multi-part Final Exams Final. Defined as “ pertaining to or coming at the end; last in place, order, or time.” In this case, final exams should mean the final assignment that is inputted into the gradebook. However, rarely is this the case.

Throughout the years of high school, teachers have given a variety of final exams. Multiple choice, essay, speaking, socratic, and participation, to name a few. However, with the increasing amount of material that needs to be covered, one exam apparently isn’t sufficient in the minds of our teachers. The final exam schedule allows exactly two hours per class to complete the final exams. However, with an essay, identification, multiple choice, and fact patterns, two hours is a galaxy away from sufficient time. Does this mean that one class, with five final exams, is more important than another class with a single final? I think not.

With the stress of seven to eight classes students must juggle their time wisely, even having one final per class is taxing on the energy and sanity of a student. But with close to fifteen final exams, this feat seems impossible. Well, impossible if you want to get high marks.

In the future, if final exams were to exist AT ALL, a MAXIMUM of one final shall be permitted per class, or not to exceed the two hour allotment of time. Not only to maintain the motivation of students, but to save time of the teachers, by eliminating unnecessary grading. They are called finals for a reason, so conform to it.