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3 Post author: NancyLebovitz 24 October 2014 03:27PM

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Comment author: Pfft 26 October 2014 08:08:16PM *  0 points [-]

I guess using the classics is also good for preventing standard drift, since they are set in stone.

But reading the Wikipedia page, the exams seem a lot more subjective than I had imagined, basically entirely based on free-form essays on political problems? It seems this would lead to a ruling class of The Economist columnists, which is a pretty terrifying prospect. :)