Scoring well on tests is the sort of happy thing that gets the school district the greenbacks they crave. Understanding and appreciating the material are secondary.
While I was pregnant, I had dozens of checkups. They covered everything from blood tests to ultrasounds, and I even had the option of attending birthing classes with my husband.
First of all, I think all countries in the world have agreed it is not in anyone's interest to test-fire a missile, or whatever its is.
We recognised Urdu as the second official language and made it a medium of examination in all Bihar Public Service Commission tests.
We have a very active testing community which people don't often think about when you have open source.
Launching a Broadway show is like no other endeavor. It's taxing because you're present - it's not like cutting a movie and test focus-grouping it and filling out forms.
Women are gifts, open them with care, judge them with leniecy, test and weigh their depths, then accept those with true worth and value.
Once you encounter people who are really testing the limits of kindness, that's when you start to build up a shield and close yourself down.
It was a long, hard, tough day. We managed to just sneak through, it was an unbelievable Test match.
I'm always giving myself the Alzheimer's test. My shrink told me to do this. It takes one minute. You name every word that comes to mind that begins with the letter F.
As digital equipment replaces the jobs of routine workers and lower-level professionals, technicians are needed to install, monitor, repair, test, and upgrade all the equipment.
Everything's the same; I'm living with cancer and it's not going to stop me. But until you really test yourself and challenge yourself, I don't think you quite know.
Courage is God's way of testing the virtues you profess to have and your level of commitment to everything you think you are.
The right way is not always the popular and easy way. Standing for right when it is unpopular is a true test of moral character.
Kids can and will thrive in the right conditions, but it all seems to start with the teachers, and giving those teachers the resources to teach- and not just to test.
Google has already tested robot cars in San Francisco. If they can navigate San Francisco, they can probably manage just about anywhere.
Being there when things are easy is one of the benefits of being a good friend. Being there when things get difficult is one of the tests.
Kurt pick his way around testing for heat before taking each step and avoiding places where the ash was heaps up.
There is only one certain test of the virtue and that is humiliation. The acceptance of humiliation alone shows the depth and reality of our humility.
My experience of test screenings is that you don't know what kind of mood people are going to be in, and sometimes the studios accept what Joe Blo says - and this guy could just be a frustrated filmmaker, or not paying attention.
You know, when George Bush talks about freedom not being America's gift to world but God's gift to all humankind, it smells like market testing to me.
