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Kitty's world and now?
Courtney
Aug 04, 2014 02:05AM
After reading Pawn, I thought to myself that maybe Aimee Carter similarised Kitty's situation to people of the last two centuries.
Kitty's world;
Everyone's life is decided by the marks (I, II, III, IV, V, VI, VII) you get when they do the test. Whatever mark you get will decide whether you are smart (IV or higher - therefore you can contribute to society), or dumb (III or lower - therefore you are not worth the 'care' given to you by your betters).
Our world;
You take the QCS test (Queensland Core Skills), and you recieve an OP on a band from 1 to 25. That OP can decide what type of job you get in the future. If you get an OP of 1, your have plenty of options to choose from, but to get an OP of 25, your options are very limited.
Does anyone see where I am coming from?
Kitty's world;
Everyone's life is decided by the marks (I, II, III, IV, V, VI, VII) you get when they do the test. Whatever mark you get will decide whether you are smart (IV or higher - therefore you can contribute to society), or dumb (III or lower - therefore you are not worth the 'care' given to you by your betters).
Our world;
You take the QCS test (Queensland Core Skills), and you recieve an OP on a band from 1 to 25. That OP can decide what type of job you get in the future. If you get an OP of 1, your have plenty of options to choose from, but to get an OP of 25, your options are very limited.
Does anyone see where I am coming from?
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I see what you mean. In America, we have ACT and SAT tests. If you take these, you are scored from 1-35, 36 being the best. These tests basically decide what colleges you can get into as well as what classes you can take. It's really frustrating in the same way as in the book, if you run out of time, or aren't good at tests, you're not going to do well, the only difference being you can take these tests multiple times.
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