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It may be that in the hard world outside school walls and college precincts, public examinations play too useful a part to be discarded; but in the gentler world within these walls and precincts it should surely be enough if scholastic merits were evaluated on the basis of past records of work done, enthusiasm shown, and interests manifested, records kept for this special purpose. The elimination of the competitive system need not mean the elimination of measurement of progress. Marks, percentages, and form-gradings have their practical worth so long as they are not used to play off one pupil against the others.

-- Notebooks Category 13: Human Experience > Chapter 2 : Living in The World > # 599