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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]In this Reddit on the ask teachers subreddit (https://old.reddit.com/r/AskTeachers/comments/1tfpoz7/what_do_the_top_10_do_right/), so many teachers claim that you just need to study hard, do all the work, ask questions, and be curious. That’s all it takes to get As. Yet, so many teachers in NOVA talk about how so many students can work hard and study hard and still not get As. I just hate how teachers lie and gaslight by blaming poor performance on the students or parents, yet they also claim that just “hard work” is good enough for good performance. It’s just so hypocritical when most teachers are extremely left wing and believe things like IQ or intelligence are pseudoscience, yet they can’t explain the difference in academic performance between students once you rule out how someone studies. This is why I hate the education system so much [/quote]

No. Teacher here, and completely disagree. The simple fact is that we KNOW that students have different levels of intelligence, but we also KNOW that hard work, diligence and grit is the great equalizer among people.

Every year, I see many students who are very smart, have fast processing speed, and understand concepts easily, yet are super lazy, are frustrated when they get something wrong, and won't study much. Then I see many students who are not very bright at all, but and keep trying, study hard, ask questions (even dumb ones) to understand the material, and receive around the same grade as the first type of students. But then there are a smaller subset of kids who have both intelligence AND grit, those are usually our valedictorians and high achievers.

Teachers understand all this very well. The number of high IQ kids who fail or languish at school because they have other issues with bad habits, emotional regulation, etc. is very common and very sad. In fact, some of those drop outs and "hallwalkers" fall into that category. But so do the students who are both lower IQ and lazy--those are the kids that school is just not for them.

For these reasons, I and many other teachers grade more on effort, growth and the process more than getting the right answer the first time, because getting the right answer has never been the point in life.

The real problem is that the general public can't discern which students are which, and use pseudoscience beliefs about race, sex, or class to make crap up about who is who and what they deserve in life. [/quote]

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