In any scientific endeavor only precision and accuracy are satisfactory, when faced with unique evidence, it is only through dedication and thorough work that we can achieve such perfection. I believe this was the underlying premise of Einstein's words, when he credited not his great intellect but his vast concentration and taught many of his achievements. I, too, fully embrace the merit of such principles and experienced a period where the practice of such ideals was critical to my success while in secondary school. In 2009 I had enrolled in the Sixth form, due to the nature of the Caribbean education system and the advantages it would offer. There I had the opportunity to undertake a rigorous advanced curriculum that contained many requirements useful for earning a degree in chemical engineering. As more and more students embarked on the Caribbean Advance Proficiency Examinations (CAPE) rather than the General Certificate of Education (GCE) and Edexcel programmes, this presented a unique challenge for many teachers, especially mathematics teachers, who were paid...
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