Pros and cons of exams I tend to believe that negative effects of examinations are beyond the positive effects that examinations bring to education . Today, many parents want to secure a good future for their children in this world that is full of competitiveness.They believe if their kids are to get higher education, depends on exam results. To help their children score a good mark in the exams becomes a priority to them . So they cost a good deal on their children's tutoring lessons and remedial education. Over time ,the students would be in a state high pressure ,they even believe that examinations are the purpose of learning . However, a good education should， among other things， train you to think for yourself. The examination system does anything but that. What has to be learnt is rigidly laid down by a syllabus， so the student is encouraged to memorize. Examinations do not motivate a student to read widely， but to restrict his reading； they do not enable him to seek more and more knowledge， but induce cramming. They lower the standards of teaching， for they deprive the teacher of all freedoms. Teachers themselves are often judged by examination results and instead of teaching their subjects， they are reduced to training their students in exam techniques which they despise. The most successful candidates are not always the best educated, they are the best trained in exam techniques. But I have to admit that ,for the time being ,examination is the most effective and relatively fair way to choose talent. We can know our defects in learning via exams, which will promote us to improve our studying method further . And , to a large extent, exams develop our sense of honor and competition, also could help us commit the knowledge to memories. Therefore, I think how to make the examination more scientific is very important.