Friday, January 3, 2003

Minister For Exams Comments

Rating: 4.5

When I was a child I sat an exam.
This test was so simple
There was no way i could fail.
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Brian Patten
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Dila Hettiaratchy 21 August 2022

Excellent- evocative imagery. Excellent

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Anna 20 July 2022

Start working from home! Great work for-Ever, Stay at Home Moms OR anyone needs an extra income. Get started. You only need a computer and a reliable computer connection so don't get late try…… 𝐰𝐰𝐰.𝐖𝐨𝐫𝐤𝐬𝐟𝐮𝐥.𝐜𝐨𝐦

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Anna 19 July 2022

Start working from home! Great work for-Ever, Stay at Home Moms OR anyone needs an extra income. Get started. You only need a computer and a reliable computer connection so don't get late try…… 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐤𝐬𝐟𝐮𝐥.𝐜𝐨𝐦

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Lydia Tate-Lovery 06 October 2018

Purely magical and full of stars 🌟

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Joe Hughes 26 May 2014

Love it. Fresh imagery, scintillating. Thanks. Joe Hughes on Poemhunetr and on joehughes.org'uk

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Sekharan Pookkat 31 May 2013

but you passed all the exams of life

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Stevie Taite 13 May 2013

What a great poem about the real insignificance of exams. They don't shape us. We shouldn't let them. Furure should not rely so much of them. They do not account for all the different types of intelligence. Great poem!

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Anita Gregory 03 September 2005

Never read this before, what an awesome poem.

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Lenchen Elf 08 January 2005

I would engrave this on the heart of all those formulating educational policy

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