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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Exclusion is an unnecessary violence.[/quote]

When the kids get to the real world they will be excluded from things for a lot of reasons, including:

Bad Grades = don't get hired by top firms.
Bad Grades = don't get into top colleges.

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Perfect Example of misunderstanding

GRADES DO NOT MATTER IN THE REAL WORLD

No Social Skills, Can't play politics = will top out at 100k max

I'll take my smart but also well adjusted (due to not obsessing over test prep and grades) against your robot non creative test freak any day of the week.  Along with every other corporation in America (including top firms).[/quote]

I do not care about salary:  it is as bad of a metric as SAT scores.  Basically, people need enough to not worry.  Anything else, while nice, is a luxury.

The truth about Grades is they do not measure what was learned; they measure how well you answered the question.  In the real world, I do not take tests.  I do not work on problem sets.  Rather, I see the problem, and have to figure out how to address it.  That may or may not include bringing in other people.

The problem with schools is the entire process seems to be a competition now, at least in some peoples mind.

In the second grade, winners go to AAP.
In the 8th grade, winners go to TJ,
in the 12 grade, winners go to HYPS....

never mind what is best for my kid:  she is a loser because she is a HS sophmore not at TJ; she did not want to go to TJ.

She most certainly will not go to HYPS...Maybe Cornell, more likely UVA, W & M, or VT.

To me, happiness counts for something.  I am very comfortable in my life.  I am a scientist; I go to work doing things I like to do, working on problems that I think are important.  I do not make 500K, but I also only work 40 hrs a week.
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