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Are Test Scores So Important?
學習成績重要嗎?
In a number of schools, students are promoted, retained and denied graduation based on test scores. Some people even predict that higher scores of students today will translate into better working performance tomorrow. It seems that test scores can be used as a weighing tool to judge many things. But are they so important? I’m afraid the answer is definitely no.
人們會根據學生的學習成績來升學、留級或是取消畢業資格。在許多學校，許多人甚至會認為今天學習成績好的學生就意味著好的工作表現。似乎學生成績能夠判定學生的許多事物。但是它真的有那么重要嗎？我認為答案是否定的。
It is true that tests are often one requirement for admission at many schools,and when admission officers scratch their heads making decisions, sometimes a test score is the only criterion on which decisions can be made. I admit that test scores are important to some purpose in school admission. However, they bear norelation to a person’s success or failure.
對于許多學校來說，學習成績是升學的唯一要求，當招生老師決定招生名額時，有時，學習成績是他們做出決定的唯一砝碼。學習成績對于升學至關重要。但是學生的成功與否與成績沒有關系。
First, some students secure high scores at the cost of extracurricular activities, social practice and physical exercises. They are only good at tests. Second, some students get high test scores by cheating on exams. In this case, the scores mean to no purpose that they are better than those who get lower scores. Furthermore, many people who score high in tests do not necessarily do well in practical work. Job success doesn’t involve taking tests. Successful people work well with groups and have other qualities such as perseverance, motivation, enthusiasm, and emotional intelligence.All in all, test scores measure only a portion of knowledge and analytical skills but nothing at all about success or failure. In some sense test scores are important, but life means more.
首先，許多學生的好成績是以課外活動、社會實踐、體育鍛煉為代價的。他們只有成績而已。第二，許多學生的好成績是通過作弊獲得的。如果是這樣的話，那么好成績就沒有了任何意義，他們與成績差的學生沒有區別。此外，成績好的學生不一定就有實際的工作能力。工作上的成功不包括成績的好壞。成功人士能夠與團隊合作，他們還有許多其他的長處，例如毅力、動力、激情、情商。總之，成績只能衡量學生的知識和分析技能，但是卻不能夠說明學生的成功和失敗。所以學習成績很重要，但是還有比它更重要的東西。
譯文屬可可英語原創，未經允許，不得轉載。
