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You can’t make this stuff up!

Dick Polman

Friday, Dec. 28, 2012 | 2:01 a.m.

Happy holidays. My gift to you is a 2012 election trivia quiz. No fair peeking at the answers! 1. Which lies did Mitt Romney utter repeatedly on his way to defeat? a. President Obama was trying to “gut” the federal welfare-to-work law. b. Obama had a “Kenyan, anticolonial worldview.” c. Obama’s auto bailout was sending auto jobs from Ohio to China. d. Obama traveled the world on an “apology tour.” e. Obama engineered “a government takeover of health care.” f. All except c. g. All except b. 2. The autumn polls consistently showed that Obama would win, but the view ...

Dick Polman is a columnist for the Philadelphia Inquirer.

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By CarmineD (Carmine DiFazio)

Dec. 28, 2012

5:26 a.m.

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I have a problem with tests. Assigning grades is demeaning to those who don't score well. Low scores negatively affect one's self-esteem and self-worth and can permanently scar people for life. Do away with all tests. True or False?
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