Comparing and contrasting is a valuable human skill - and not just during high school English exams. Our ability to rank-order things is invaluable in making choices and setting priorities.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
Great success in examinations does naturally not as a rule go with originality of thought.
Cultural comparisons are good because they can tell you about what's similar, but also sometimes they make it easier to see obvious differences.
Examinations are formidable even to the best prepared, for the greatest fool may ask more than the wisest man can answer.
But the person who scored well on an SAT will not necessarily be the best doctor or the best lawyer or the best businessman. These tests do not measure character, leadership, creativity, perseverance.
Very often we developed a better grasp of the subjects than the over worked teachers.
I am trying to do my own thing, but there will always be comparisons, even if I don't agree with them.
Books and people are hard to compare.
I don't like class distinction, and there is far too much of that in England.
I choose to be inspired by things that have been done well in the past. So, I don't worry about being compared, because I think that does paralyze you.
I think comparisons are odious.