We must be careful not to discourage our twelve-year-olds by making them waste the best years of their lives preparing for examinations.

Freeman Dyson
We must be careful not to discourage our twelve-year-olds by...
We must be careful not to discourage our twelve-year-olds by...
We must be careful not to discourage our twelve-year-olds by...
We must be careful not to discourage our twelve-year-olds by...
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When it comes to school, there are two kinds of students. The first are those who are good at math. The second are those who are not so good at math. We must be careful not to discourage our twelve-year-old students by making them waste the best years of their lives preparing for the examinations that they will not use.

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