If an exam is 'optional', it's unlikely that too many people will skip it. Peer pressure will mean that students continue to take it, colleges will continue to base their admissions on it, and anyone who skips it will be looked at as an uncommitted wastrel.
On Sat, Jun 27, 2009 at 1:15 PM, . <[email protected]> wrote: > On Sat, Jun 27, 2009 at 12:19 PM, Suresh > Ramasubramanian<[email protected]> wrote: > > > > If some of those petty little tyrants suddenly find their sources of > income > > hit hard because of this, I wont lose any sleep over it. They're > parasites > > hanging off the education system, and this sort of thing is just what the > > doctor ordered to get rid of them. > > the problem is that sibal is unable to garner enough support for his > proposal within his party itself, much less the opposition and various > state gov's which are up in arms. >
