{"id":1554,"date":"2009-12-01T23:57:58","date_gmt":"2009-12-01T23:57:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.diaryofanadi.co.uk\/?p=1554"},"modified":"2009-12-01T23:57:58","modified_gmt":"2009-12-01T23:57:58","slug":"passes-and-fails","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/diaryofanadi.co.uk\/?p=1554","title":{"rendered":"Passes And Fails"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I&#8217;ve been going through a bit of a lean patch, recently.<\/p>\n<p>All through the spring and summer I was getting a pass rate of around 70-80% (out of something like 25 tests). Since October this has completely flipped on its head, and I&#8217;ve only had two passes out of ten!<\/p>\n<p>Admittedly, several of the fails were the same people, but it still hurts &#8211; especially when they put in a driving display worthy of a fairground sideshow attraction. 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