Daniel Pinkwater on Pineapple Exam: 'Nonsense on Top of Nonsense' - Metropolis - WSJ - 18 views
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An agent I had years ago said just because it’s nonprofit and educational, don’t let them not pay you, because they’re making money.
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Jolynn Asato on 22 Apr 12Wow. What is done in the name of "educational". So much exploitation by an industry that makes much money off the misery of high stakes accountability!
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They basically turned it into test-ese.
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and I must interject that I admire the job they did, because it makes even less sense than mine
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We don’t count that against the kid’s grade, we put that there as a sort of brain teaser to show them that not everything is quantifiable, and to let them have a little fun,” then I’ll retract all my aspersions about how they’re money-grubbing b——- and overcharge for this stuff and sell it over and over again and underpay the poor authors they buy it off of
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those stupid tests — and you can quote me, stupid tests
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maybe I misjudged them. Maybe somebody working on the test was slowly going crazy, and wanted to put in something amusing for him or herself, and also for the kids.
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I’m on this earth to put up a feeble fight against the horrible tendency people have to think that there’s a formula. “If I do the following things, I’ll get elected president.” No you won’t. “If I do the following things, my work of art will be good.” Not necessarily. “If I follow this recipe, the dish will come out very delicious.” Maybe. Trust me, there is no formula for most things that are not math.
