It takes a lot of asking questions and reading books and passing exams.

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No child can advance without passing exams in both secular and religious studies, and instruction is in English and Arabic.

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And it would scrap promotion by seniority, making it subject instead to the passing of exams.

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The subject has won the support of singer Jarvis Cocker, who said it encouraged children to use the knowledge they picked up at school rather than just "passively accumulating it in the hope of passing some exams".

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Many adults expect students to be little more than desk-bound data sponges focused on passing college entrance exams.

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You don't make trouble, and you study like crazy because in the really old days, passing the imperial exams was your only ticket out of poverty.

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When Mr Karabel picks up the story shortly after 1900, the colleges were becoming increasingly concerned about the number of Jews who were passing the entrance exams.

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States must set annual targets for the share of students who must pass the state exams until 100% are passing in 2014.

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