Tessellation
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Last published Wed, Aug 20, 2014
Margaret has always felt a pressure to fit into her little fishing village. She feels she has to become a fisherman and contribute to her poor community. But when she turns 17 she must take a test all teens take to determine if they will receive more schooling or not. When she receives a test score above average in her village she is accused of cheating and taken where others who were accused of cheating are being held. Here she discovers the flaws of the school system and how it lacks in individuality and believes you are only a score of memorization.
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