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On 06/06/15 00:02, wrote:
Its an easy question, I'm bemused by the complaint.


The complaint was that in addition to actually regurgitating learnt by
rote formulae for solving quadratics, it forced people to think. Since
the modern education system discourages thinking, and doesn't teach it,
the pupils felt cheated.

Which of course, they have been.


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