• papalonian@lemmy.world
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    3 months ago

    Honestly if you can’t calculate things on an abacus you shouldn’t be in the exam room tbh. Sure, calculators have been invented and have ultimately replaced the abacus in nearly every facet of day to day life, but surely you know how to add beads together?

    We’re letting kids use GPS to get to school now? What the street signs and constellations aren’t good enough for you?

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      3 months ago

      Let me rephrase it than - if someone is an idiot, they shouldn’t be in the exam room. If you are concerned about it, it may be because you fit the category.

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        3 months ago

        Yikes.

        Also, since you ran out of arguments and started correcting people’s spelling, *then.

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          3 months ago

          “yikes” what?

          Passing exams is not an entitlement, it is an achievement. If someone is an idiot unable to understand the clock, they shouldn’t be in the exam room in the first place - and they certainly shouldn’t expect someone will start explaining clock to them when they are supposed to write an exam.