You mean your school teachers allowed you to look at classmate's test and copy them?
No what I said was teachers didn't allow us to look at and copy classmate's tests, but everything else you said in post #111 wasn't far off on how academic tests worked when I was in school.
And tests in martial arts are like the former. You don't have to read a whole 5-page chapter that only two questions may come from. No, you actually know what those two questions are going to be. Now those two questions may not be on the test, but you know what those two questions are and that they could be on the test. That's martial arts.
From the formal tests I've taken, you've got to first of all know certain katas for whatever rank you're testing for but just knowing them is not enough, you also have to be able to perform them with skill and precision. Exactly how much skill and precision is required depends on the rank you're testing for, obviously the higher the rank the more skill and precision is required. You could also be tested on any katas for any of the previous ranks and you didn't know which ones you would be tested on beforehand.
Even better if they assess whether or not you're ready for the test, and decide whether you take it or not.
You're entitled to your opinion.
Not saying that this doesn't exist, but I've never seen it before. In fact, there are people who've achieved high technical dan rankings with missing limbs.
I do know of a case of a woman who doesn't have arms who I believe is 4th dan in Taekwondo, although I don't know exactly what she was tested on. They might've had her do other stuff in place of the stuff that they would require somebody with arms to do.
You're probably many times more likely to see that than someone be held back because of their physical disabilities.
Aside from the woman without arms that I mentioned above I haven't seen much of that. As I said, if that does happen they would probably require you to do other stuff in place of the stuff you can't do. Much like a case I know of where a boy in a wheelchair became an Eagle Scout, in place of the activities he couldn't do because of his handicap he was required to do other activities.
Nevertheless, martial arts tests are far easier to prepare for. At the most, the requirements for your belt rank will take up one page. And if you could be tested on things from lower ranks, it's more likely than not going to be on the one page for your rank.
But you also have to perform the requirements with skill and precision, that's part of the requirements themselves. Unlike in academic school where you just have to know the material. And when you're required to do stuff for lower ranks, you're required to do it with a greater level of skill. Both the yellow belt test and the black belt test might require you to do a front kick, but the black belt test would require you to do it with a much greater degree of skill. A front kick that would pass on the yellow belt test might very easily fail on the black belt test.
Whereas for academic tests, you've got to read several dozen pages from a few chapters to prepare for the test. And that's just for one subject. Multiply that times 5 or 6, or however many subjects you have.
And as I said, you just have to know the material, unlike in the martial arts where you don't just have to know the material but you also have to be able to perform it with skill.
This makes zero sense.
First off, college is 100% voluntary. How many people do you know who are in college (of their own volition), that don't care about passing tests and moving on to more advanced courses - and ultimately, getting their degree?
It makes tons of sense if you pay attention to what you read and to what you post.
In post #111 you were talking about compulsory education, not voluntary education such as college.
