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There is no exam high stakes enough anywhere to warrant this sort of disruptive nonsense.

• JumpCrisscross 3y ago
  > no exam high stakes enough anywhere Of course there are. They're manufactured bottlenecks with irrevocable and life-changing consequences. But that doesn't make them less real.
  • godelski 3y ago
    Both of you are saying quite similar things. I don't think you disagree. The parent was clearly not speaking in the literal sense.
    • JumpCrisscross 3y ago
      I think the comment I am replying to argues there is no need to cut the Internet. You and I are saying there is no need for such an exam. Given the exam, the measure makes sense. That it does points to the exam not making sense.
      • godelski 3y ago
        The parent can correct me, but I read it as "there should be no test where the stakes are high enough to warrant shutting own the internet, diverting air traffic, escorting students by police, or any other such high impact event." Which is equivalent to saying "no need for such an exam" but just in a different way. It follows a pretty common native (born, not race) American-English speech style.