{"quotes":[{"text":"As cliché as it might sound, I'd rather lose than win by cheating. The latter is a much deeper, more personal loss in that one is admittedly whispering to himself his lack of competence. His cheating then begets more cheating, as he is ever-privately, ever-subconsciously insulting himself; thus, gradually deteriorating any remaining confidence.","author":"Criss Jami","tags":["academics","cheating","cliche","college","confidence","dignity","exams","games","honesty","honor","honor-code","insecurity","insult","integrity","losing","lying","mental","noble","personal","psychology","quizzes","school","sin","sincerity","sports","subliminal","subsconscious","tests","whisper","winning"],"id":22420,"author_id":"Criss+Jami"},{"text":"Feet away, Professor Dema stood, carrying a large gunlike weapon with both her hands and a snarl on her lips. This was not the way final exams were supposed to go.","author":"Nnedi Okorafor","tags":["demanding-teachers","exams","expectations","surprises","tests","violence"],"id":34159,"author_id":"Nnedi+Okorafor"},{"text":"My usual instruction to students when they are preparing to write their examinations is 'think before you answer the questions'. I am convinced that some multiple choice answers could be so close that you might not know the very one that answers the question correctly! Such is life. To choose your suitable dreams, you must think well!","author":"Israelmore Ayivor","tags":["answer","answer-questions","choice","choose","close","commandment","convince","convinced","dreams","exam","examination","exams","food-for-thought","graduates","instruction","israelmore-ayivor","life","life-lessons","look-before-you-leap","make-a-choice","mentality","multiple","multiple-choice","positive-thinking","prepare","preparing","question-paper","regulations","rules","similar","students","think","think-well","thinkers","thinking","thought","words","write"],"id":36675,"author_id":"Israelmore+Ayivor"},{"text":"We exceeded expectations just by turning up for the exams.' - George Weasly.","author":"J.K. Rowling","tags":["exams","expectations"],"id":93909,"author_id":"J.K.+Rowling"},{"text":"If you hate to think, you are not different from some who is peeing on his academic certificates. The goal of education is to help you to think and lead.","author":"Israelmore Ayivor","tags":["academic","big-dreams","certificates","degree","diploma","dream-big","dreams","education","examinations","exams","imagination","israelmore-ayivor","lead","lead-people","leader","leaders","leadership","martin-luther-king","martin-luther-king-jr","mlk","positive-thinking","think","thoughts"],"id":94920,"author_id":"Israelmore+Ayivor"},{"text":"The difference between a good and a poor student is result.","author":"ETC Wanyanwu","tags":["college","course","education","exams","university"],"id":99367,"author_id":"ETC+Wanyanwu"},{"text":"The purpose of learning is not to give exams in class and forget about it, but to increase the knowledge until they possess an area of the earth for God almighty.","author":"Sunday Adelaja","tags":["about","almighty","an","area","but","class","earth","exams","forget","give","god","increase","is","knowledge","learning","not","possess","purpose","they","until"],"id":104472,"author_id":"Sunday+Adelaja"},{"text":"Knowledge is a beautiful thing that can fill us with happiness. Let’s just think about our students who answered brilliantly to questions on various exams.","author":"Eraldo Banovac","tags":["exams","happiness","happiness","knowledge","knowledge","students"],"id":138933,"author_id":"Eraldo+Banovac"},{"text":"Education is not merely meant for you to write and pass exams, get a good job and a good spouse, and settle down for survival.","author":"Israelmore Ayivor","tags":["academic","academics","career","college","education","exam","examination","exams","food-for-thought","israelmore-ayivor","job","leaders","leadership","marriage","marry","martin-luther","martin-luther-king","martin-luther-king-jr","occupation","salary","school","settle-down","spouse","survival","survive","university","wages"],"id":169707,"author_id":"Israelmore+Ayivor"},{"text":"When you do exams you never want to be the one who finishes first and you never want to be the one who finishes last.","author":"Anthony T. Hincks","tags":["exams","finish","finishes","first","last","philosophy","tests","who","you"],"id":172165,"author_id":"Anthony+T.+Hincks"}],"pagination":{"page":1,"page_size":10,"total":19,"pages":2,"next":"?page=2\u0026page_size=10"}}