Edward Jenner performing his first vaccination against smallpox DEA PICTURE LIBRARY/De Agostini
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The finding highlights how the education system wrongly favours academic achievement over other important traits, like persistence and creativity, says David Jenkins at the University of Toronto, Canada. 鈥淲e have to be much more flexible in how we accept young people into medical school or any other…
