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		scarface74 on Oct 26, 2022 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Test scores are not irrelevant There is a big difference between “learning” and “preparing for a specific test.” Just like there is a big difference between “being a good software engineer” and “practicing reversing a binary tree on the whiteboard while juggling bowling balls while riding a unicycle on a tightrope”

lelanthran on Oct 27, 2022 [–]

> There is a big difference between “learning” and “preparing for a specific test.”

Yes, but the PRACTICAL EFFECT of doing away with tests would be to disadvantage the hard workers.

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