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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]In an ever changing diverse and fluid world, why are some fighting for rigidly and narrowly defined merit achievements?

[b]What is a true achievement anyway?[/b]

How can we differentiate talent from cogs in the machine?[/quote]

In sports, it's usually pretty obvious - which is why sports are so popular.
In academics, I'd say getting all the questions right on a hard math test shows merit -- I mean just look at the curve in the class scores.  This can't be a serious question?
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It is a serious question.

In sports it’s clear, if you take performance enhancers it’s cheating.

In school is nebulous. You take performance enhancers in the form of test prep and other services, and it’s considered hard work. [/quote]

Prep for tests, like the SAT or GRE or in class tests, is similar to personal training in sports.

Prep for tests like the NNAT, CoGAT, WiSC is like using steroids or performance enhancers.

Some pro athletes are there due to a crazy work ethic and native ability. Some pro athletes are just insanely good and rarely practice.

Some academically advanced folks are smart but need tutors or summer prep and the like to Ace advanced classes. Some academically advanced folks can take the class as offered and crush it.

Very few average folks are going to excel in advanced academic or professional sports even with crazy levels of prep or practice. [/quote]

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