Its tempting to conclude that the exam system is wrong to cause such pain for so little gain. It is not as if we remember ffie facts that we stuffed into our heads at the very last minute, On the evening of my finals, I could probably have told you about Mttgensteins view on the indeterminacy oftranslation but now all I can recaU is the picture that was a duck one minute and a rabbit the next.
我们很容易得出这样一个结论：考试制度造成如此大的痛苦，但换来的'收获如此之少，证明这种制度存在问题。我们根本记不住在最后一分钟硬塞进脑子里的那些事实。在期末考试前一天晚上，我或许还能够告诉你维特根斯坦有关翻译不准确性的看法，但现在，我只记得起那幅上一分钟还是鸭子，卞一分钟却变成兔子的图片。
Yet that isnt why its all a waste. Even though Ive forgotten what I leamt, I am still proud to have once known it. This seems a less shameful state ofignorance than never having Imown it at all.
不过，这并不是考试制度一无是处的原因所在。尽管我曾学过的东西都忘记了但我还是以曾经知道为荣。这种无知状态似乎不那么可耻。
The real problem with the exam system is that it teaches lessonsabout work itselfthat you need to unleam pretty smartly ifyou want to get ahead in business.
考试制度的真正问题在于，它教授了一些关于工作本身的知识，如果你想在商界中获得成功，你就必须很快忘却这些东西。
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