A set of assessed procedures to gauge academic performance following a course of study. However, Marxists would argue that this is in fact a product of 'false consciousness': exams are actually engineered to force the
proletariat of students to undertake the
normail 'duties' of everyday life. These usually involve hygeine; for example, washing your clothes,
cleaning your room, or undertaking a meaningless life mission such as adding definitions to the Urban Dictionary.
A: Do you want to come over for a 5-course dinner and
literature discussion group after I finish
indexing all my bank statements?
B: Sure, what's the occasion?
A: I've got
exams.