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Four Thought: From Care to Cambridge

12/10/2022

From Care to Cambridge

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A care leaver who graduated from Cambridge University on why its time to rethink education

Kasmira Kincaid, the first care leaver to graduate from Corpus Christi College in Cambridge, argues that the education system is unfair.

Kasmira Kincaid opens up about the challenges of her childhood and her experiences of the care system. Despite her many personal challenges Kasmira found solace in learning and successfully graduated from Corpus Christi College. She now argues that a good education should be a basic right for everyone, no matter of age, background, or educational attainment, and that the current exam system is arbitrary.

“Like most winners I never really questioned the rules of the game I was playing. But exams are some of the most artificial activities human beings can engage in. They are, after all, a closed system: the exam board sets the marking criteria, which most schools then teach to, and their students are judged by how well they fulfilled the marking criteria the exam board set.”

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