You gotta give it to them

The reform really outdone itself with this one. For years, french secondary exit exam was an argumentative text. For the past four years, we've been learning how to write one. Guess what?

We're not writing one!

Instead, for the test that determines if we get the hell outta there, we're writing an open letter.

You can tell the french teacher is up there going: "OMFG, I've got 2 months to prep them, damn."

Again, we need to pull a miracle out of our asses.
I suppose it isn't too bad... oh only if it could be an open letter about the Quebec educational reform.

Here's how it might go. (Remember, you gotta kiss ass)

The Quebec educational reform is really the best thing to have happened to Quebec since the separation.

Now, the children are learning how writing some bullshit will give them a pass, causing them to think they're successful even when they have failed, because self-confidence is far more important than actually getting something right.

Because really, it doesn't matter if they didn't get the answer right, nor if they weren't even remotely close. All that matters is that they have questions that lead them to think profoundly about the problem, in the hopes that they will do better next time. Questions like: "What do you think your family values have affected the way you solved this problem?" and "What teamwork techniques did you use?"

So really, it doesn't matter if I crash my plane because I converted 22, 700 lbs of kerosene into 22,700 kg of kerosene, ran out of gas midway to my destination, and crashed and burned. Because in the few minutes it take for my plane to glide into a pasture of cow shit (or a drag-race track), I can scribble on the INSANELY closely spaced lines:

My family values taught me responsibility. I am responsible because I will most likely be the first to die from my mistake. The teamwork technique I used, one of non-communication, did not help at all. However, I will blame the conversion error on my co-pilot and never fly with him again.


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As a side note, the reform has made it that if you show up to the exam, you get 40% right off. So, what I can't understand is that some Sec 4s managed to get 0. [No cheating involved I believe]

If you can do something, do it; if you can't do something, fail at it epically, eh guys. If you keep it up, we're going to make some t-shirts with "Watch how I fail" stamped on the back.


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Also, you gotta give it to Winner. (Wener)

"Listen up people, because this will help you accomplish a dream that you've had for a long time: getting the hell out of here." -Mr. Wener, during meeting for CEGEPs.