Assessment, Always and Forever

Assessment is constantly in my life. It's like my best friend. Or that person I don't really like but is everywhere I go.
That's assessment and it takes multiple forms. There is the assessment we all know oh so well that comes in the form of tests or more generally, as grades. Participation, quizzes, papers, team projects, blog posts, etc. are all forms of assessment to see how we are doing with either learning and understanding the information or finding a way to memorize it and retain it long enough to be evaluated on it. In the academic world, assessment is as obvious as the love tweens have for the Biebz and the world's newest boy band, One Direction.
But assessment is truly everywhere. I work as an office assistant and if I do anything wrong or can't answer a question because I don't know the answer, I have to ask my boss. My assessment comes in the form of how many times I need to go and ask him a question. The more I know about the job, the more I can do it on my own which is his goal because I'm there to relieve him of certain duties such as answering resident's questions and concerns.
Even in more personal and low-key activities such as watching a television show. My roommates and I will discuss what is happening and they may assess me on my knowledge and understanding of the show by asking certain questions if they forgot what happened. If we play Harry Potter Scene It (which happens) and I forgot that Hermione was indeed the one that said "I'm going to bed before either of you come up with another clever idea to get us killed, or worse, expelled", I've been assessed on my knowledge and ability to play the game.
Another example occurred when I was practicing for a flash mob with Dream Project. After doing it on our own, we all got together to practice and we were all assessing each other on how well we knew the dance moves.
Time can even be a form of assessment. If it is 2:30am on a Sunday "morning" and I am still doing work, perhaps that is an assessment on how my work ethic is. Perhaps it is saying I should have managed my time better. If I miss my alarm in the morning, I've been assessed as doing a poor job at waking up on time.
Assessment is everywhere and we cannot escape it and maybe we don't need to. Would we get work done if we weren't constantly being assessed? Maybe, it depends on the form of assessment.