It's like telling everyone to 'play the game!' and showing one third the rule book, teaching the other third how to play, and leaving the other third to fumble blindly. Unfair and stupid.
And yet I can't for the life of me think of another practical option. *sigh* I mean, ones which would make it through and actually be of use.
Preach. It's like that Einstein quote (I think it's Einstein) - Everyone's a genius. But if you judge a fish by its ability to climb a tree, it will go through life believing that it's stupid.
Yeah. It's the lucky few who can play the system, and it sucks when everyone judges you on a set of arbitrary exams which mean nothing. My dad, one of the cleverest guys I know, failed his A-Levels because of undiagnosed dyspraxia, and it changes his whole life. I don't even.
I know, right? Because I can think of amendments, but I can't think of a single practical, useful alternate system. THank god there are cleverer people than me out there! :)
It's just so frustrating. We know so little about how the mind works, and we start forcing it to work along the narrowest of lines from the age of four or five. It's nuts.
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And yet I can't for the life of me think of another practical option. *sigh* I mean, ones which would make it through and actually be of use.
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And I love that quote. :D
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It's just so frustrating. We know so little about how the mind works, and we start forcing it to work along the narrowest of lines from the age of four or five. It's nuts.
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