Comments on: The Emperor’s New Clothes http://www.thinkersroom.com/blog/2006/11/the-emperors-new-clothes/ Unique - just like everyone else. Manufactured and bottled in Kenya Wed, 08 Feb 2012 10:15:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Joan http://www.thinkersroom.com/blog/2006/11/the-emperors-new-clothes/comment-page-1/#comment-20713 Joan Wed, 06 Dec 2006 09:40:31 +0000 http://www.thinkersroom.com/blog/2006/11/the-emperors-new-clothes/#comment-20713 Hello everyone! Nice site!Many thanks! Hello everyone! Nice site!Many thanks!

]]> By: VituVingiSana http://www.thinkersroom.com/blog/2006/11/the-emperors-new-clothes/comment-page-1/#comment-15494 VituVingiSana Thu, 09 Nov 2006 13:32:29 +0000 http://www.thinkersroom.com/blog/2006/11/the-emperors-new-clothes/#comment-15494 Wambui - isn't a leak, a leak, even if only a few hours earlier? Wambui – isn’t a leak, a leak, even if only a few hours earlier?

]]> By: Wambui http://www.thinkersroom.com/blog/2006/11/the-emperors-new-clothes/comment-page-1/#comment-15309 Wambui Wed, 08 Nov 2006 15:42:39 +0000 http://www.thinkersroom.com/blog/2006/11/the-emperors-new-clothes/#comment-15309 Leakage is nothing new. At the end of the day, it doesn't help candidates since the exam isn't all multiple choice- even if you got the questions in advance, you'd still need to have a degree of intelligence to produce a coherent answer during the exam. The papers are marked by humans so it is easy to detect dubiously similar answers from one centre and thus catch cheaters. Probably only a small fraction of smart cheaters get away, anyone dumb enough to ilegally buy the exam is probably too dumb to actually benefit...kinda like the kid who dubs their deskmate's answers, mistakes and all. Leakage is nothing new. At the end of the day, it doesn’t help candidates since the exam isn’t all multiple choice- even if you got the questions in advance, you’d still need to have a degree of intelligence to produce a coherent answer during the exam. The papers are marked by humans so it is easy to detect dubiously similar answers from one centre and thus catch cheaters. Probably only a small fraction of smart cheaters get away, anyone dumb enough to ilegally buy the exam is probably too dumb to actually benefit…kinda like the kid who dubs their deskmate’s answers, mistakes and all.

]]> By: VituVingiSana http://www.thinkersroom.com/blog/2006/11/the-emperors-new-clothes/comment-page-1/#comment-15265 VituVingiSana Wed, 08 Nov 2006 08:27:11 +0000 http://www.thinkersroom.com/blog/2006/11/the-emperors-new-clothes/#comment-15265 @Eclipse & M... I protest... LOL... I had generally genuine comments lakini Eclipse eclipsed me... BTW, Eclipse... apparently after the mia moja, ur name drops off the list... so neither of us appear on it! M - new posting... haraka... we can't wait! @Eclipse & M… I protest… LOL… I had generally genuine comments lakini Eclipse eclipsed me…
BTW, Eclipse… apparently after the mia moja, ur name drops off the list… so neither of us appear on it!

M – new posting… haraka… we can’t wait!

]]> By: sidaki http://www.thinkersroom.com/blog/2006/11/the-emperors-new-clothes/comment-page-1/#comment-15257 sidaki Wed, 08 Nov 2006 06:59:20 +0000 http://www.thinkersroom.com/blog/2006/11/the-emperors-new-clothes/#comment-15257 @Eclipse. Congrats man. I'll probably be there in two years. :) @Eclipse.

Congrats man. I’ll probably be there in two years. :)

]]> By: acolyte http://www.thinkersroom.com/blog/2006/11/the-emperors-new-clothes/comment-page-1/#comment-15160 acolyte Tue, 07 Nov 2006 17:36:27 +0000 http://www.thinkersroom.com/blog/2006/11/the-emperors-new-clothes/#comment-15160 @ Eclipse Full marks for posting all those comments just to get to the hall of fame! <div class="commentary"> I'm giving serious thought to deleting the fake comments -- or better yet raising the threshold for Hall Of Fame ... </div> @ Eclipse
Full marks for posting all those comments just to get to the hall of fame!

I’m giving serious thought to deleting the fake comments — or better yet raising the threshold for Hall Of Fame …
]]> By: Archer http://www.thinkersroom.com/blog/2006/11/the-emperors-new-clothes/comment-page-1/#comment-15145 Archer Tue, 07 Nov 2006 14:35:33 +0000 http://www.thinkersroom.com/blog/2006/11/the-emperors-new-clothes/#comment-15145 Leakage in national exams is not a new thing. Every year the same kelele is made but after a couple of months it's soon forgotten, until November. During KCPE us guys had leakage for some subjects. KCSE was worse coz we had leakage for ALL the sciences! Zote! For one of the practicals one group was locked in a theater while the second group (with the bright fellows) did the exam. The T.A gave us all the answers on the board in black and white, to cram and reproduce word for word on green paper!! I even passed chemistry, which was nothing short of a miracle coz I'd only passed one chemistry exam in four years...and that was in form one. I don't know if it's something I should be proud of though. Leakage in national exams is not a new thing. Every year the same kelele is made but after a couple of months it’s soon forgotten, until November.

During KCPE us guys had leakage for some subjects. KCSE was worse coz we had leakage for ALL the sciences! Zote! For one of the practicals one group was locked in a theater while the second group (with the bright fellows) did the exam. The T.A gave us all the answers on the board in black and white, to cram and reproduce word for word on green paper!! I even passed chemistry, which was nothing short of a miracle coz I’d only passed one chemistry exam in four years…and that was in form one.

I don’t know if it’s something I should be proud of though.

]]> By: Jogoo wa Shamba http://www.thinkersroom.com/blog/2006/11/the-emperors-new-clothes/comment-page-1/#comment-15116 Jogoo wa Shamba Tue, 07 Nov 2006 10:51:14 +0000 http://www.thinkersroom.com/blog/2006/11/the-emperors-new-clothes/#comment-15116 I watched the Ag.Min. for Education deny that there was no leakge without batting an eyelid. The question that has been nagging me since is - what are the two "honourable" gentlemen still doing in office? AOB: i have been talking to an artisan friend about the possibility of having a mesh made to cover the screen on my TV beforei do something regrettable.You may never what will pop up on the screen next. I watched the Ag.Min. for Education deny that there was no leakge without batting an eyelid. The question that has been nagging me since is – what are the two “honourable” gentlemen still doing in office?
AOB: i have been talking to an artisan friend about the possibility of having a mesh made to cover the screen on my TV beforei do something regrettable.You may never what will pop up on the screen next.

]]> By: sidaki http://www.thinkersroom.com/blog/2006/11/the-emperors-new-clothes/comment-page-1/#comment-15108 sidaki Tue, 07 Nov 2006 09:30:50 +0000 http://www.thinkersroom.com/blog/2006/11/the-emperors-new-clothes/#comment-15108 Dude, Show me a paper even 10 minutes before I do it and I'll completely Ace it, let alone a few hours. Dude,
Show me a paper even 10 minutes before I do it and I’ll completely Ace it, let alone a few hours.

]]> By: JOE http://www.thinkersroom.com/blog/2006/11/the-emperors-new-clothes/comment-page-1/#comment-14964 JOE Mon, 06 Nov 2006 19:10:35 +0000 http://www.thinkersroom.com/blog/2006/11/the-emperors-new-clothes/#comment-14964 Vitu you need to work more and siasa less Kibaki- building all sectors of the kenyan economy Raila- breathing on all microphones in kenya and abroad Vitu you need to work more and siasa less

Kibaki- building all sectors of the kenyan economy
Raila- breathing on all microphones in kenya and abroad

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