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Excuse me.. but thats not what I wrote. There is no comparition in the poste. More than that I said that morrocan students can have lower results at the same exam :)
morroccan educational system is even worst!!
I am sorry about that Aissam – your are right. Let me amend that – as well as your name – as you spell it differently. I had read 10 Arabic posts back to back and then started linking to them and even if it is no excuse, I hope you would understand how such a mistake can happen.
No problem Amira. I just replayed to make things clear.
Thank you for your efforts, and for tolerating my bad English