"In the first place God made idiots. This was for practice. Then he made school boards." - Mark Twain Some of our children kill themselves because they cannot take the horrendous pressure put upon them by teachers and politicians, to get 'A' grades or any grades. The day the teachers of every country stand up and stand together to get rid of all exams, and realise that children and young people should be judged on who they are and not how many questions they can answer in an hour or two, depending on whether they're feeling well, feeling comfortable, feeling capable, feeling distressed, feeling unable to cope or simply feeling terrified, well, that's the day I'll give teachers credit. Life is aboout Learning. It is NOT about Exams!
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