He had doubts about the utility of examination on subjects which had been crammed for the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Teaching_to_the_test occasion]. He wanted common sense. (W. Somerset Maugham)

He had doubts about the utility of examination on subjects which had been crammed for the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Teaching_to_the_test occasion]. He wanted common sense.

W. Somerset Maugham

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