Mahindadananda O/L exam failed... is it required?

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by the way
thank you Athula for starting a thread like this
I have waited for long to discuss this "Academic selective" issue...

and partially wanted to blow up the Neo-Brahmin brains of sri lankan ugath Modain-

you gave me that occation

 

[AtulaSiriwardane]

Abraham Lincoln is a great leader without good formal education...

Lincoln's formal education consisted of about 18 months of schooling, but he was largely self-educated and an avid reader. He was a professional lawyer.
He was also a talented local wrestler and skilled with an axe.http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abraham_Lincoln#cite_note-11
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abraham_Lincoln#cite_note-11 Lincoln avoided hunting and fishing because he did not like killing animals, even for food.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abraham_Lincoln#cite_note-12At 6 foot 4 inches (1.93 m), he was unusually tall, as well as strong.

My conlusion.
A great person would become greater with power and serve
by educating himself from school or by himself.
A lowly person will be worse with power without education
and harm others more.
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[AtulaSiriwardane]

Born near Hodgenville, Ky. on February 12, 1809, Lincoln was the central figure of the Civil War, and is regarded by many historians and laymen as not only the foremost of our presidents but also the greatest American of all time. With scant formal education, from a poor family, this frontier lawyer held the nation together through the worst crisis in its history. A leader of weaker will or fainter vision might well have failed either to win the Civil War or end the institution of slavery. With good reason, he is viewed as the savior of the American union and the "Great Emancipator."
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