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Turn your dreams into successes with these inspiring and motivational quotes.
"Life's a climb. But the view is great." There are times when things seemingly go to plan, and there are other moments when nothing works out. During those instances, you might feel lost.
50 Miyamoto Musashi Quotes. 1. “If you wish to control others you must first control yourself.” 2. “You can only fight the way you practice.”
An examination (exam or evaluation) or test is an educational assessment intended to measure a test-taker's knowledge, skill, aptitude, physical fitness, or classification in many other topics (e.g., beliefs). [1] A test may be administered verbally, on paper, on a computer, or in a predetermined area that requires a test taker to demonstrate ...
The test of General Educational Development (GED) and Test Assessing Secondary Completion TASC evaluate whether a person who has not received a high school diploma has academic skills at the level of a high school graduate. Private tests are tests created by private institutions for various purposes, such as progress monitoring in K-12 ...
This is particularly prominent in schools that depend on government funding, where test scores are a critical measure of success. [ 7 ] Some critics assert that a focus on test preparation undermines comprehensive education, as time is diverted from exploring moral, aesthetic, or creative aspects of learning. [ 8 ]
Her poem was written in 1904 for a contest held in Brown Book Magazine, [5] by George Livingston Richards Co. of Boston, Massachusetts [2] Mrs. Stanley submitted the words in the form of an essay, rather than as a poem. The competition was to answer the question "What is success?" in 100 words or less. Mrs. Stanley won the first prize of $250. [6]
The phrase originated in the Age of Exploration, when ships would return to port with their flags ("colours") either raised or lowered to signify that the ship had either been successful or defeated, with raised flags indicating success and lowered flags indicating defeat. Thus, "with flying colours" literally means that someone has completed a ...