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Originally published in 1974 by editors Martin H. Greenberg, Joseph D Olander, and Patricia Warrick. This Science Fiction Genre Anthology collects 21 short fiction works and five Non-Fiction works.Fiction published in this Anthology:"The Purposes of Education"Advertisement:propertag.cmd.push(function() { proper_display('tvtropes_content_3'); }) "Profession" by Isaac Asimov (1957) "The Great Intellect Boom" by Christopher Anvil (1969) "Examination Day" by Henry Slesar (1958) "Primary Education Of The Camiroi" by R. A. Lafferty (1966)"Teaching and Learning in Society" "Bohassian Learns" by William Rotsler (1971) "Investigating The Curiosity Drive" by Tom Herzog (1968) "Backwardness" by Poul Anderson (1958) "Stimulus-Reward Situation" by Gene Fisher (1973) "The First Men" by Howard Fast (1960)"School and Society" "A Different Drummer" by Raylyn Moore (1971) "Four Brands Of Impossible" by Norman Kagan (1964) "The DOCS" by Richard O Lewis (1964) "Pottage" by Zenna Henderson (1955) "Teaching Prime" by Leo P Kelley (1972)"Technology and Education" "Progeny" by Philip K. Dick (1954) "The Ever-Branching Tree" by Harry Harrison (1970) "Bookmobile" by Charles L Harness (1968)Advertisement:propertag.cmd.push(function() { proper_display('tvtropes_content_2'); })"Critical Issues in Contemporary Education" "Nada" by Thomas M. Disch (1964) "Up Against The Wall" by Robert Thurston (1973) "Publish And Perish" by John B Thomas (1968) "Gorman" by Jerry Farber (1969)
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Epistolary Novel: "The First Men", by Howard Fast, is told mostly by letters (and one telegram) between Harry Felton and his married sister, Jean Arbalaid. The last letter is set in a Framing Device of a conversation between Harry and Eggerton, the US Secretary of Defense.
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Doom As Test Prize: Henry Slesar's "Examination Day": A 12-year-old boy undergoes a mandatory IQ test administered by the government. In the last scene the parents are notified that the boy exceeded the IQ limit, and are asked how they'd like his remains to be handled.
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Be Careful What You Wish For: Henry Slesar's "Examination Day": A boy wishes on his twelfth birthday to do well on the government exam. He does and it turns out people who do too well are killed.
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