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Donna could not sleep. She was worrying about tomorrow's exam. But on TikTok, somebody was offering to help her. If she paid £20, they said, they would send her a copy of the exam paper.

But when she paid, the exam never came. It was a scamA dishonest way of making money, involving tricking people. .

Many students say they are worried about exams this year. The Covid-19The official scientific name for the type of coronavirus that swept the world from March 2020. pandemic means that lots of teenagers have never sat an exam before.

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Now, some say exams might not be a good idea at all. Some say they are more of a test of memory than anything else. When people are stressed, they do not remember everything they know. And teachers are more focused on grades than teaching their students how to think and solve problems.

But some people say exams are needed because course workWork done over a long period of time that counts towards student's final grade. cannot be trusted. It is too easy for students to copy answers from the internet.

Yes! They show you what a student has in their head on one day, rather what they can do over a long time.

No! There are many stressful parts of life. Exams are a good way of preparing for them. And it is the only way to test what people have learnt without too much cheating.