I’m gonna be brave now and disagree with most of the posters on this thread.
When I was in school, I took all the regents.
They were a great incentive to keep focused in class…They forced the teachers to finish the curiculum – and teach a lot more than they would have otherwise.
I did not find them too hard, so it wasn’t much of a pressure…
in fact the regents were usually easier than the regular tests i took throughout the year.
However, I do agree that in many boys schools regents is a big waste of time…