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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I guess you did not see the version where the taller kids' legs are cut off to make everyone equally short.  Thus is what implementation looks like in reality.[/quote]

Actually, it's more like this:

You set up the boxes, but the ones who need the highest ones can't come to the game due to factors outside of school that are not the student's fault. What do you do?

If you can only control school and you don't want the other kids to gain an advantage, you take away their boxes. If they didn't need a box, you make them stand farther back.

If none of the kids who need the tallest boxes make it to the game, or if they won't stand on the boxes, avoid creating more of a gap by cancelling the game altogether.

Note that in these examples, I'm not saying that the students who need the boxes don't deserve them or aren't able to access them due to shortcomings or lack of effort. What I mean is that offering the boxes is often not enough to address the gaps in achievement, so the solution seems to be offering less to those with less need so that they don't get further ahead.[/quote]

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