And that’s a shame. A tragedy. A waste. Some people keep repeating the same mistakes. I used to think the red-pencil marks on papers judged me. Me as a person. A failing grade amounted to failure. The red flags waved, “Why didn’t you know the answer to that question?” (Ignore all the questions you got right.) Education establishes a model where learning takes place in a particular context that includes tests over the material taught. But the real tests of what we learn take place in life beyond the classroom. A Recent Test At the first season performance of the Symphony at the Buddy Holly Hall, a woman seated near…