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The spectacled Beijinger admitted he was nervous for the essay portion of the Chinese test.
From Barron's • Jun. 7, 2026
"But for me, who's never had a college education, who's never written an essay before, having to write personal statements, fill out CVs, it's been very daunting."
From BBC • Jun. 7, 2026
Mollen, ironically, knows the pattern: In her Substack essay, she recalls that her mother-in-law “fell apart” when she and Biggs announced their engagement.
From Salon • Jun. 4, 2026
In her book, she now explains that “as a teacher” she believed in “leading with praise no matter how bad the test result or essay is.”
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 4, 2026
Temple touched on it only tangentially in his essay; it recedes into the background again in Swift’s Battle of the Books.
From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton
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