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During the December holiday season, a local
newspaper ran a cartoon showing students in a

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classroom who had each received a wrapped present
from their teacher. Upon opening the present, each

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student discovered the contents: a geometry test.
Needless to say, the students were not pleased

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with their gift.  And people who viewed the
cartoon could easily understand the students'

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anguish. Tests are more like punishments than
gifts.  Here's the question I want you to

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consider.  Is there any way that a test could be
perceived as something positive?