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11-07-2007, 09:41 PM

Thank you Jason, that was interesting to read and I noticed you indulged in a bit of sarcasm here and there =P


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Originally Posted by jasonbvr View Post
Students are tested in five subjects, Japanese, English, Math, Social Studies, and Science. The score from each section of the test is combined to make one test grade. Which means that if you where good in everything except English, your score is an automatic eighty. I have no problem telling you I don't like this testing system. As I have explained to many Japanese, it doesn't reward students for their strengths but rather penalizes for their weaknesses
That's the way it works in Spain but we have 7 subjects instead of 5.


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