I understand that exams are important in a way, as it is probably the only way to evaluate ourselves and understand how much is it that we really understand after spending about 6 crazy hours in school each day. But, is it really necessary for us to use papers? I mean, yes, it's called an exam paper, but why? Why not
exam sand art? Or
exam mudfloor? Oh, how about
bloody exam? Since it kinda kills us to squeeze everything we learnt into our brains just for a paper. Might as well write it in our blood. Hah.
Point is, exam papers are NOT HEALTHY, for the trees, I mean. Just imagine the amount of papers we use each year for examinations.
HOW MANY TREES WOULD HAVE DIED?
Let's do some simple calculation:
There are about 2,500 students in SMK Seafield. Let's say an average of 10 subjects are taken by each student.
2,500 x 10 = 25,000
25,000 is just one single sheet of paper. If each subject has 5-6 pages and it is used wisely (printed double page), we will have a minimun of 3 sheets of papers. So,
3 (# of papers) x 10 (# of subs.) = 30 sheets of papers
25,000 x 30 = 750,000 sheets of papers.
750,000 sheets of papers is only for one term. There are four examinations a year for us.
1. Feb/March test aka first term examination
2. Mid-year examination
3. July/Aug/Sep test aka third term examination
4. Year-end examination aka FINALS
So, if we were to sum it up for the whole year,
750,000 x 4 =
3,000,000
Like, WOAH. If a tree produces 15,000 sheets of A4 papers,
3,000,000 / 15,000 = 200 trees. WOW.
So on average, our school kills 200 trees each year. According to Wikipedia, there are 14 schools (primary, secondary and international) in Subang Jaya alone. So,
200 x 14 = 2,800 trees.
SCHOOLS IN SUBANG ITSELF KILLS AN AVERAGE OF 2,800 TREES EACH YEAR!!! O.O
Just imagine the number of trees our nation kills each year on exam papers only. Imagine the amount of oxygen we lack and the increasing amount of cabon dioxide which leads to global warming.
Exam papers will lead to the chopping down of trees to produce them. The chopping down of trees will result in:
- sound polution: chainsaws and all those monster machines? DU-UH.
- landslides: no trees to reduce the pressure of rain when it hits the ground. Rain beats on ground hard, surface of ground starts to slide down and there you have it. A big disasterous landslide. YAY. Let's all die together.
- floods: soil lands at the bottom of the river. River becomes shallow. Heavy rain, river overflows. Let's go swimming!
- global warming: we breathe in oxygen and release carbon dioxide. Trees breathe in carbon dioxide but release oxygen. Carbon dioxide increade because we kill trees. Temperature increase, global warming. Time to install an aircon at home. But that will result in the release of CFC atoms, which will make things worse.
- animals become homeless: trees are habitat to the animals. Chop trees = chop houses. One day, there will be no trees for the birds to build their nests on and hunters will hunt them and we can add bird chop to the menus.
Long story short, exam paper makes Earth go BOOM!!!
There's a whole lot more on the effects of chopping down trees (deforestation). But, it's late. And I want to sleep. So, yeah. See what exam papers can do? If only we can all do our exams in computers or laptops or whatever that replaces paper, less trees will have to die. And you won't have to eat bird chop in the near future.