Saturday, October 24, 2009

Pass

Seasoned medical practitioners would recognize the college examinations are changing.

"We need a fair, objective, and reproducible assessment." So was it said.

But, you cannot draw a rose by a ruler. For the same reason, a rigid test is only good for new comers of the field.

And, therefore, we call it an entrance examination nowadays.

In the (not all that) old days, the college examination was meant to signify completion of training, and there were only two ways to pass:
  1. The candidate is smart; or
  2. The candidate is one of us.
However blur they appear, these time-honored criteria did make sure most of the successful candidates had sufficient experience and their practice conformed to the conventional standard, while at the same time provided allowance for a few high-flying personality-outliers.

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