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Tests

You tell your children

you’re having some tests.

They’re familiar with tests.

You tell them

you’re having examinations.

They understand examinations.

You say

you’re waiting on results.

They know about results.

You are having tests, examinations, waiting

for results, for a piece of paper stating

how you fared.

You’re under pressure not to fail.

You are studying survival.

You are ill-prepared.