Chinese Gaokao Essay

Chinese Gaokao Exam

My Pin Pal from China is named Anna. She mentioned in her letter about the Gaokao (means high test) exam that people had to do before they go to college. It is like the ACT for us but their test is way more stressful. Gaokao means The National Higher Education Entrance Examination. The test first started in the year 1952. Families stress over this exam so much. They make sure that their kid in school studies so much for this test.

Students even find the craziest ways to cheat on the test. This girl gets caught with a hidden camera in her pen, and a recording device that looks like an eraser. Other students hide cameras in other devises thinking that they could get away with it.  Due to students cheat so often, their are lots of security. 

Lots of people show up to take this test all at once due to the high rate of citizens in China. People spend the night in hotels. They also take long trips to get to the testing place. They find places that will help them study the best by being alone because lots of students stress their selves to the max over this exam. They get IV drips while taking the test because it helps them stress out less.

The three main subjects that the exam is over is math, science, and Chinese. In China, whole universities are focused just on electrical engineering or computer studies. Due to the fact that the universities are so pushed towards a minimum amount of studies, students do not get to show off the talents that they have. 

I would hate to take this exam by the research that I have done. In my opinion this test seems really hard. I thought the ACT was hard, but the Gaokao essay seems like I would have plenty of anxiety attacks. I would not think that a test could have so much security. I did not think that just a simple test could determine someones life.

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