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“They are not boring things, for me examination is exactly one, it is rather a means to check knowledge than an aim. Point is not the unique standard to measure a student. How can you say he is not worth a cent as long as he gets poor marks?” Hans took advantage of his understanding of education to justify himself.
“I'm not asking you into an empty talk here. All I know is that if your boy always gets poor marks, the only way prepared for him is to enter a vocational school. Then he will get a bleak future and when he is grown up, he must sell 3 times of his labor power to get only a third payment of an ordinary man. Do you want your son down and out?” Simon depicted a serious picture to my father, the aim was to make him see the significance of point.