SCHOOLS: History students confused by Hitler 'despotic tyranny' exam question (From News Shopper)

• "The overriding points are that, first of all, "despotic tyranny" is not a phrase one would commonly associate with Hitler because it's just not accurate.
  Secondly, it's a complete tautology and even if you knew what it meant it would be difficult to interpret exactly what it was getting at especially amidst that appalling source.
  Thirdly it was an exam testing historical knowledge not test to see which half of the country knew what it meant and which half didn't.
  Lastly unless you sat the exam it is not fair to comment on how you would have reacted because well you're not 17 anymore faced with one hour to write an answer based on a word you're unfamiliar with after putting in months of hard work and understanding all the historical concepts necessary like the back of your hand.
  Maybe we should have known what it meant but the point was the aim of the exam was to test our knowledge of Hitler and the Nazi State not the dictionary.
  Anyway, lets enjoy the summer now fellow students, I'm sure edexcel will respond justly and we'll be pleasantly surprised in August. Best of luck.
  
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