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dunk010yesterday at 8:04 PM1 replyview on HN

The whole thrust of the article is complaining about timed tests and some kids getting more time. That's doubtless unfair if some are overclaiming, but the real solution is to not do timed tests at all - they are only serving to produce an arbitrary bell curve so that some can have higher grades and get better career opportunities. Better to not have a timer at all, and let people's actual ability shine.


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throwaway314155yesterday at 8:15 PM

Realistically there has to be _some_ time limit. No one is going to sit in a room for 10 hours while you finish your test.

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