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Editorial: Work hard, pass exams

By Anita Moran
Bay of Plenty Times·
9 Jun, 2014 05:00 PM2 mins to read

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19 Bay teens have been caught cheating in their exams.

19 Bay teens have been caught cheating in their exams.

Luckily my days of studying and sitting exams are over.

Although I tried to study hard, my exam results were never as good as I had hoped and I did have high expectations for myself.

Sitting in the exam hall, I would freeze and forget everything I had tried to cram into my brain leading up to the exam.

I would rack my brain to try to remember everything but I would come out feeling defeated and I knew I hadn't done my best.

Then there would be my classmates who didn't spend hours cramming for the upcoming test, yet they seemed to breeze through and get good marks.

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I would always wonder what great marks they would have got if they had spent more time preparing.

Although I was always jealous of these students, I never considered finding a way around the exam process.

In yesterday's Bay of Plenty Times, it was reported that 19 Bay teens had been caught breaking the rules during their NCEA exams last year.

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Despite this being eight fewer than each of the previous two years, it is still concerning.

The New Zealand Qualifications Authority (NZQA) has released a report showing there were 19 breaches in the Bay of Plenty during last year's external exams.

This was down from the previous two years, which each recorded 27 breaches in the area.

The majority of local breaches came from students having cell phones with them during the exam.

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However, nationally, 55 students were caught having unauthorised material while another 33 students were caught with notes.

The breaches mean students could fail that exam.

When you are a teenager, you don't always have the foresight to know how this could impact your life. Bringing notes into one exam might not sound like a big deal but the repercussions could be damaging.

It is also a lesson for students in accepting consequences. In life there isn't always an easy way out.

You often have to work hard and it might take time to achieve your goals, but if you are persistent you will get there.

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