Rejected petition Allow 2017 GCSE students to NOT sit a closed book exam in English

Writing a closed book exam is very difficult and highly stressful, making students memorise quotations does not test their intellect. I would rather students siting the English literature 2017 papers to be allowed the book/play or be allowed to bring there own quotations in with them.

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https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/172405

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Date submitted 13 February 2017
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