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There's a lot of material there that I wouldn't know, but I like to think I could pull a C out of it considering how much of it is essay questions. I love essay questions.
That is a pretty intense exam, though, I know full grown adults who balk at tests with a quarter of that much material. Even with study guides to handhold them through the thing. pfft.
One thing is for sure, somewhere along the line we have forgotten that education is not just a means to an end. It should be challenging. It should be work. It should be its own reward. blah, blah, blah. But it's true. And the consequences can be seen all around us.
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Most people go through life dreading they'll have a traumatic experience. Freaks were born with their trauma. They've already passed their test in life. They're aristocrats. - Diane Arbus
PESSIMISM, n. A philosophy forced upon the convictions of the observer by the disheartening prevalence of the optimist with his scarecrow hope and his unsightly smile. - Ambrose Bierce
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