a student gives me a thank you letter

I was recently sorting out my book shelf when I came across a handwritten note, lodged in between two books. It was a thank you note from a student at a school I visited recently. As I recall, the pupil wrote the note at lunchtime and gave it to me in the afternoon. Reading the note again, I remember that Louisa-May was upset at having failed a test. In the note, she says thank you "for saying that I am smarter than the test I failed." I believe there is such truth in this. Whenever we 'fail' a test, it needs to be kept in mind that perhaps we are too smart for the test, rather than the test being too smart for us!!