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Re:'A Test You Need to Fail': A Teacher's Open Letter to Her... by viraptor on Saturday March 24, 2012 @11:21AM (#3749567)
I think you're just confirming his position. He says he learnt because the tests required it. That information is what tests would require - dry facts, not understanding. And yeah - that would be uneducated. Isn't that why the tests exists - so that we aren't?
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Re:'A Test You Need to Fail': A Teacher's Open Letter to Her... by slowpoke on Saturday March 24, 2012 @01:00PM (#3749874)
>Isn't that why the tests exists - so that we aren't?

False. Tests don't serve education, they hinder it. That's my entire point.

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