Junior exemptions

Why do seniors only get except? Is it because they work sooo hard? Junior should be able to get except. Most juniors meet the criteria and some are over achievers. Shouldn’t they get extra practice for college? In life there are no exemptions. http://www.warwickonline.com/view/full_story_news/7879492/article-Seniors-with-A-s-won-t-take-finals?instance=home_news_1st_left
A student would try harder if there is a reward. Ever hear the saying “the harder the work the greater the reward”. Most juniors are eligible to receive exemptions. If you poll juniors in RBR, they would all give you the same answer, if they are eligible to receive an exempt they would work harder. This gives a junior the mind set to try harder and receive better grades. Everybody has to work for something whether money or fame and when they receive it, it is so much sweeter to them.
Up until 2005, juniors were allowed to get exempt. This brought grades up an all time high and finals an all time low. Wait, doesn’t having good grades better represent the school rather than test. For some reason, the BOE decided to remove junior exemptions. Shouldn’t juniors receive an exemption because it our hardest year and senior just be better prepared for college. What happen in college, can they get exempt. Junior year is when we began our SATS and prepare for life after high i.e work or college. Senior has their college planned out and they know exactly what they are doing. A junior year is stressful enough without us worrying about finals. A junior year represents the year college look at the most. In this recent story, doctors explain junior takes a toll on high students and stress can cause many medical problems. My opinion junior exemptions should be reinstated so junior can receive the reward after a long school year’s work.


Satire
Exaggeration-In this article, I satirized the fact that seniors work harder than they do because they are about to college and give up on senior year classifying themselves as having senioritis. Juniors work harder to make the college proud and entice them to choose them.

Reversal- The fact that the state of NJ, looks towards test grades rather than overall grades. IN achieving a better grade, it means that you are a hard worker and retain the material.