- Nov 07, 2020
Examinations Quotes
Examinations quotes here largely come from people reflecting on how academic tests shaped their careers, from passing medical examinations in Hong Kong to grounding in natural sciences during preliminary exams in botany, zoology, physics, and chemistry. One line ties a national turning point directly to college entrance examinations. Together they show how much weight formal testing has carried in real lives.
These examinations quotes reflect on how academic testing shaped careers in medicine and science. For more on determining your path, see our Determining collection.
- Last Updated on May 30, 2021
- Medical
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- Nov 07, 2020
I have passed English medical examinations in Hong Kong... In my youth, I experienced overseas studies. The languages of the West, its literature, its political science, its customs, its mathematics, its geography, its physics and chemistry - all these I have had the chance to study.
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- Nov 07, 2020
In the course of my life, for more than half a century, June 1989 was the major turning point. Up to that point, I was a member of the first class to enter university when college entrance examinations were reinstated following the Cultural Revolution (Class of '77).
- Determining
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- Nov 07, 2020
The grounding in natural sciences which I obtained in the course of my medical studies, including preliminary examinations in botany, zoology, physics, and chemistry, was to become decisive in determining the trend of my literary work.
- Dreams
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- Nov 07, 2020
I was very inspired by Les Blank's film 'Burden of Dreams.' I think what's unique about his film and the two I've made is that they're close examinations of filmmakers and how their own emotional experiences reflect in the material they're rendering, and vice versa - how that material sometimes colors their own lives.
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- Nov 07, 2020