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had we known how easy it really was to game the system, we might have started playing the game earlier and earned more points.

I think you completely missed the point the girl was trying to make.

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Not really, he means the current system is how it is and if you want to there is a way to game it. I know people who took subjects based on their interests, the way it should work, in high school and ended up getting a much lower score than those of similar ability who sort to pick subjects to best maximise their score.

Sure the people picking the interest based subjects may have learned more and got more out of the experience but they failed to get a direct path into something they wanted to do in higher education.

As much as the tide is changing there are still plenty of occupations in which your not going to get anywhere without the relevant degree.

But yes this is a tangent from the point being made, which is a good one.

That was indeed the point. I took the "learn what you like" route and was not rewarded for that as much as I could have been rewarded for gaming the system.

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