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Boosted by aredridel@kolektiva.social ("Mx. Aria Stewart"):
firebreathingduck@vivaldi.net wrote:
Right! One of the anecdotes in the book is from a teacher. I don't remember it exactly, but it's something like this: "Whenever a parent tells me how proud the are that their child has the best grades in my class, I mention that this is the least intelligent group of children I've ever taught." 😁
The goal of schooling is to teach the children, and to give them an enjoyment and appreciation of learning. Either the child learned an appropriate amount of biology or they didn't. The percent difference between what the child learned and what their peers learned is irrelevant. It's worse than irrelevant: kids focused on high grades enjoy and retain the subject material less, and have less empathy for their classmates.