Qmax,
I couldn't agree more. I've often run into the attitude 'So you scored 95%? You studied 25% too much!!'. I think there should be an extra subject called 'Knowing what you don't know'. We could get Socrates to correct it (his famous line 'All I know is that I know nothing, and even that I'm not sure of!'
) Methinks a lot of people would fail it. As for having to get 100% to pass, you need to have some leeway for the obligatory TOTALLY AMBIGUOUS AND IDIOTIC QUESTIONS that seem to be standard fare in most exams I've ever done. Otherwise it would have been 'So you scored 100%? You studied 30% too much!!'.
One thing though, the effort that those put in to fully understand a subject rather than just pass an exam is not wasted. It may not be reflected in their exam results but it is definitely not wasted! Per ardua ad astra!
Irlandés