Reading is no trivial matter
How on earth could trivial be beyond the comprehension of students in their 13th year of education?
If you were not already alarmed about the state of education in New Zealand, two stories in the media last week should have shaken you from any complacency.
The first story was about a commonplace word, trivial. It appeared in this year’s NCEA history exam set by the New Zealand Qualifications
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Roger Partridge
Sun, 25 Nov 2018
Sun, 25 Nov 2018
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Reading is no trivial matter
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