Tuesday, August 25, 2009

NCAE: Why it sucks

The NCAE (National Career Assessment Examination) is a national examination held nationwide in all high schools in the Philippines, regardless if the school is publicly or privately owned. It was meant to check which kind of schools fail and which owns. However, students and their parents, being stupid and gullible because the word "National" was included in the label, began to take the test as, "Something to determine which college degree or major is best suited for you".

That idea is absolutely retarded. I don't need to rely on some quiz to know what I'm good at, or where I belong. I can do the deciding part myself. I don't trust a quiz that looks more like the typical Facebook "What college course fits you most?" quiz that looks like it's written by a 6-year old who can't type and has lost conciousness with English. The only difference is that the NCAE is way harder and it's much more formal.

Quoting the cab driver who ignored red stoplights, "I don't need to rely on a machine just to think. I have a brain, and I'm determined to use it". In his story, the narrator describes how the cab driver ignores all red lights but still he crosses intersections with caution. This cab driver is the example of a thinking man. And I bet he didn't even go to college or finish high school. How about the senior high school students, who endlessly brag about their eduacation and how they finish with honors. But they can't even decide their future and are better off letting a retarded quiz do it for them.

No sir, I refuse to be brainwashed, however, I need to go through this tomorrow since as usual, I'm threatened for my balls.