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''[[The Huffington Post]]'' said, "Throughout his act, Breaks explores the attitudes of today's society towards young people and exams."<ref name="huffingtonpost1">{{cite news |last= |first= |url=http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/2013/04/23/spoken-word-poet-suli-breaks-exam-result-video_n_3137035.html?utm_hp_ref=uk-universities-education|title=Suli Breaks, Spoken Word Poet,' 'I Will Not Let An Exam Result Decide My Fate' Goes Viral (VIDEO)|work= |location= |publisher=''[[The Huffington Post]]''|date=24 April 2013|accessdate=1 July 2015}}</ref>
''[[The Huffington Post]]'' said, "Throughout his act, Breaks explores the attitudes of today's society towards young people and exams."<ref name="huffingtonpost1">{{cite news |last= |first= |url=http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/2013/04/23/spoken-word-poet-suli-breaks-exam-result-video_n_3137035.html?utm_hp_ref=uk-universities-education|title=Suli Breaks, Spoken Word Poet,' 'I Will Not Let An Exam Result Decide My Fate' Goes Viral (VIDEO)|work= |location= |publisher=''[[The Huffington Post]]''|date=24 April 2013|accessdate=1 July 2015}}</ref>


Iain Robinson of ''EwokesSAy'' said about Breaks, "...a true talent and impressive skill to inform and inspire others beyond the self-gratifying nature of most contemporary pop culture that only seeks to serve itself and sell that self to others."<ref name="ewokessay">{{cite news |last=Robinson|first=Iain|url=http://www.ewokessay.com/2013/11/06/suli-breakdown-why-i-will-not-let-a-youtube-video-do-all-my-thinking-for-me/|title=Suli Break(down): Why I will not let a YouTube video do all my thinking for me|work= |location= |publisher=''EwokesSAy''|date=6 November 2013|accessdate=1 July 2015}}</ref>
Joe Martino of ''Collective-Evolution'' said, "...Suli Breaks delivers a powerful spoken word piece drawing attention to not only exams but the entire school system. He sheds light on the fact that as a society we are simply repeating methods of learning and doing that are based on inherently faulty ideals."<ref name="collective-evolution">{{cite news |last=Martino|first=Joe|url=http://www.collective-evolution.com/2015/04/27/the-message-every-student-should-hear-i-will-not-let-an-exam-result-decide-my-fate/|title=The Message Every Student Should Hear: “I Will Not Let An Exam Result Decide My Fate”|work= |location= |publisher=''Collective-Evolution''|date=27 April 2015|accessdate=1 July 2015}}</ref> Iain Robinson of ''EwokesSAy'' said about Breaks, "...a true talent and impressive skill to inform and inspire others beyond the self-gratifying nature of most contemporary pop culture that only seeks to serve itself and sell that self to others."<ref name="ewokessay">{{cite news |last=Robinson|first=Iain|url=http://www.ewokessay.com/2013/11/06/suli-breakdown-why-i-will-not-let-a-youtube-video-do-all-my-thinking-for-me/|title=Suli Break(down): Why I will not let a YouTube video do all my thinking for me|work= |location= |publisher=''EwokesSAy''|date=6 November 2013|accessdate=1 July 2015}}</ref>


==See also==
==See also==

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"I Will Not Let an Exam Result Decide My Fate"
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"I Will Not Let an Exam Result Decide My Fate" is a 2013 video by English spoken word poet Suli Breaks.

Overview

The video tells the story of a mother and son who have just been to a parents' evening at school. Suli Breaks chastises parents, teachers, and the government for focusing on exams instead of nurturing raw talent.[1]

Critical response

The Huffington Post said, "Throughout his act, Breaks explores the attitudes of today's society towards young people and exams."[2]

Joe Martino of Collective-Evolution said, "...Suli Breaks delivers a powerful spoken word piece drawing attention to not only exams but the entire school system. He sheds light on the fact that as a society we are simply repeating methods of learning and doing that are based on inherently faulty ideals."[3] Iain Robinson of EwokesSAy said about Breaks, "...a true talent and impressive skill to inform and inspire others beyond the self-gratifying nature of most contemporary pop culture that only seeks to serve itself and sell that self to others."[4]

See also

  • British hip hop

References

  1. The Huffington Post. Retrieved 1 July 2015. {{cite news}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help
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  2. The Huffington Post. 24 April 2013. Retrieved 1 July 2015. {{cite news}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help
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  3. ^ Martino, Joe (27 April 2015). "The Message Every Student Should Hear: "I Will Not Let An Exam Result Decide My Fate"". Collective-Evolution. Retrieved 1 July 2015. {{cite news}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)
  4. ^ Robinson, Iain (6 November 2013). "Suli Break(down): Why I will not let a YouTube video do all my thinking for me". EwokesSAy. Retrieved 1 July 2015. {{cite news}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)

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