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Comment by goodcanadian

6 years ago

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Students shouldn't confuse being educated with having a high mark on a test.

It reminds me of one of my favourite quotes, attributed to Mark Twain, but a bit of googling suggests that the attribution is questionable. To paraphrase:

Never let schooling interfere with your education.

UK Education Act says that children's parents are responsible for their receiving an education.

This has been commuted by the Tory government to "parents are fined if their children are not in school".

I find that very telling.