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How did he pass the multiple choice driver's test? You must be able to read at least some language in NC to pass it(I think it also in Spanish and something else). I took it recently so something might have changed since you were teaching.

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Go to a graduate engineering program, find the worst speaking foreigner. He has passed the toffle exam and probably outscored the Americans in the English GRE.

Then ask yourself: how?

(In case anyone's offended, I'm a foreigner with ESL)

I've known a lot of foreigners doing ESL. AFAIK it's just corrupt testers who want to pass people.

I meant English is my second language

s/toffle/TOEFL/ (in case anyone's wondering)

Test of English as a Foreign Language

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Test_of_English_as_a_Foreign_L...

In 91 when I took my commercial license test (Passenger), the machine I used was video (well more PowerPoint / HyperCard) and had pictures of the situation and big colored buttons with the letters. It didn't take a lot of language skills.

I just took a regular license test, and it had headphones providing narration accompanying on-screen animation. Someone who can't read could certainly pass it with no trouble at all. It is probably designed that way.

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