by James Armstrong, III
With Standards of Learning exams (SOLS) coming the next few week’s students are studying hard, and reviewing in class. But less than a month after the SOLS, students have to take their final exams in most classes.
The SOLS are being administered on May 21-May 25, and final exams are on June 12-June 15. If you ask me, those dates are too close together. Most class grades weigh heavily on these tests and for them to be at the end of the year, it seems all too crazy to me.
Won’t you rather have one big test, then two? Then the same information won’t have to be studied twice…for five classes! It would be easier and a lot less stressful if it were done that way.
The only downside is that we do have to take two tests, and it won’t be easy to change. All we can do to help is study and study hard. SOL and Final Exam schedules are on the school website at:
http://www.fcps.k12.va.us/SouthLakesHS/seahawk_news/SOL%20Schedule%202007.pdf.
