High School Final Exam Blackmail as Part of Everyday School Life. Preliminary Research Report
High School Final Exam Blackmail as Part of Everyday School Life. Preliminary Research Report

Summary/Abstract: The aim of our text was to identify the forms of pressure experienced by high school graduates in connection with the final exams in the context of everyday school life. We conducted the research using a proprietary questionnaire, which was completed by 239 first-year students of pedagogy at selected Polish universities. The collected data indicate that the phenomenon of a high school final exam pressure affected 20% of respondents. Its two main manifestations are: focusing school life in the final year around the a high school final exam and exerting pressure on students to choose a high school final exam subjects in order to maintain the school’s good image. The overall picture of the reported experiences of the final exams allowed for the identification of the highest form of pressure, i.e. the phenomenon of high school final exam blackmail, related to interference in students’ choices. The research was preliminary in nature and may, therefore, serve as a basis for a further exploration of the phenomenon of a high school final exam blackmail.

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