Cher, please give me 1 more mark for me to get the next grade!

As the exam fever peaks, you will see more and more students haunting their teachers for the same reasons, to get 1 or 2 more marks so that they can pass/advance to the next grade/get into an institution of their choice.

If you reflect on this issue, the actions only show that students have the end in mind, but they forgot about the process. I have summed up some of the possible cases that teachers may encounter:

Scenario 1
Student did not prepare well for the paper, hence did badly and needed the score.

Scenario 2
Student performed average, but wanted to have a better grade to explain to their parents/to outdo their peers/to get into a poly/jc course of their choice.

Scenario 3
Student did not understand why someone else who wrote something "similar" could get 3 marks, but he could only get 1 mark.

In any case, had the student paid attention and remembered answering techniques taught by the teachers, they would be able to get the marks, regardless of marker or question paper. The fact that this scenario keeps replaying itself during every test and exam shows that despite teachers best efforts, sometimes students still do not get what the question demands of them, hence always off the point.

The only and best way to break this endless loop would be to fully master answering techniques as there is no need to beg teachers for marks, since you cannot do that to Cambridge markers anyway. Also, if you had fully grasp what your teacher taught you, you would be able to answer any type of question thrown at you.

In short, to students out there, pay attention to how your teachers analyse the questions, apply their techniques well, and you are on your way to becoming a winner already. Best of luck to all students having exams!