> The vagueness is seen as a feature, not a bug. The kid is supposed to read between the lines and find out what the problems are really about. Pity the poor c

> The vagueness is seen as a feature, not a bug. The kid is supposed to read between the lines and find out what the problems are really about. Pity the poor child who is capable of thinking both inductively and reductively. Such lax testing standards reminds me of the story of the WWII cryptographer in Cryptonomicon who is asked to work out how long a ship would take to travel down the river, comes up with a new theory of fluid dynamics, and flunks the test.