Winston Churchill's thoughts on exams

"These examinations were a great trial to me. The subjects which were dearest to the examiners were almost invariably those I fancied least...I should have liked to be asked what I knew. They always tried to ask what I did not know. When I would have willingly displayed my knowledge, they sought to expose my ignorance. This sort of treatment had only one result: I did not do well in examinations."

--Winston Churchill

(From: Manchester, W., 1983. The Last Lion: Winston Spencer Churchill, Little Brown & Co.)