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Wrapping the Week: Students launch petition after 'trivial' exam

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Fri, 16 Nov 2018, 11:15am
The offical meaning of trivial is "of little worth or importance". Photo / Getty

Wrapping the Week: Students launch petition after 'trivial' exam

Author
Newstalk ZB,
Publish Date
Fri, 16 Nov 2018, 11:15am

Every Friday Tim Wilson and Kate Hawkesby join Mike Hosking to discuss the week's best bits.

Year 13 students are worried they might fail their history exam because they didn't know what the word "trivial" meant, with more than 2000 students launching a petition asking for the essay to be marked based on students' own definition of the word.

NZQA says they will not be penalised for misinterpreting the word after reviewing the situation. Is this another case of millennial students taking advantage of the current PC culture in the education system?

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