If you go to school or university, you are faced with a number of exams. Basically, these exams are supposed to test your knowledge and skills. Also, they may motivate you to study harder.
In my opinion, it is really the case that exams motivate students to study harder. Firstly, exams are often a pass to a higher level of education. If you get good marks in examinations, you are admitted to further education. If you fail, you do not get the admittion. So, you make every effort to keep the right to study further. Secondly, exams are a good way to assess your learning efficiency and detect possible gaps in your knowledge. Bad marks mean that your knowledge is flawed and you need to be more disciplined and work harder to do away with the flaws.
But there are people who believe that examinations do not give real motivation to a student. They say that being a good student with excellent marks does not guarantee future prosperity.
Nevertheless, I cannot assent to the foregoing opinion, because being a good student is the beginning of being a good employee or worker who can earn a good living. Highly qualified professionals are always in great demand in any business sector.
In conclusion, exams play an important part in our life, although any exam is a kind of pain. But the saying is: no pain, no gain!

Peter Finch in the 1976 drama “Network” on TCM..
(United Artists Films)
By ED STOCKLY
APRIL 10, 2020
10:09 AM
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FOUR STAR FILMS
Top rated movies and made-for-TV films airing the week of the week of April 12 - 18, 2020
Ben-Hur (1959) TCM Sun. 9 a.m.
Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (1969) ENCORE Sat. 7:07 p.m.
Casablanca (1942) TCM Sat. 5 p.m.
Deliverance (1972) TCM Fri. 7 p.m.
Forrest Gump (1994) STARZ Mon. 3:42 p.m. STARZ Fri. 5:35 p.m.
The French Connection (1971) ENCORE Sat. 9 p.m.
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The Gay Divorcee (1934) TCM Wed. 9 a.m.
Goldfinger (1964) SUND Sat. 8:30 p.m.
The Good Earth (1937) TCM Thur. 11:30 p.m.
High Noon (1952) ENCORE Sun. 10 a.m.
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Jaws (1975) CMAX Sun. 5:55 p.m.
John Carpenter’s The Thing (1982) ENCORE Fri. 10:46 p.m. ENCORE Sat. 5:16 p.m.
The Lady Vanishes (1938) TCM Sat. 11:30 p.m.
The Magnificent Ambersons (1942) TCM Sat. 7 p.m.
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A Man for All Seasons (1966) KCET Fri. 8 p.m. KCET Sat. 4 p.m.
Metropolis (1927) TCM Thur. 8 p.m.
Network (1976) TCM Sat. 2:45 p.m.
North by Northwest (1959) TCM Fri. 12:15 p.m.
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On the Town (1949) TCM Mon. 1:30 p.m.
Psycho (1960) SUND Sun. 6:30 p.m. SUND Mon. Noon
Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981) PARMOUNT Tues. 11 p.m.
Rear Window (1954) SUND Sun. 4 p.m.
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Saving Private Ryan (1998) AMC Tues. 12:30 p.m. AMC Wed. 9 a.m.
Sergeant York (1941) TCM Sat. 8 a.m.
The Seventh Seal (1956) TCM Fri. 3:45 a.m.
Singin’ in the Rain (1952) TCM Mon. 3:15 p.m.
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Some Like It Hot (1959) TCM Fri. 2:45 p.m.
Sounder (1972) TCM Fri. 7:30 a.m.
A Star Is Born (1954) TCM Thur. 5 p.m.
The Terminator (1984) SHOW Tues. Noon
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Top Hat (1935) TCM Wed. 3 p.m.
The Untouchables (1987) ENCORE Sat. 10:46 p.m.
Vertigo (1958) SUND Mon. 2:30 a.m.
West Side Story (1961) ENCORE Wed. 2:34 p.m.
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