I deeply hate this entire mentality. I don’t care about reading groups in school. I hate the idea that we should ditch hierarchies because they hurt feelings. It’s ok for people to know that there are things they can’t do. It’s ok to be excluded. It’s ok to be aware that intellectual limitations exist. It’s ok to know that some people are a lot smarter.
Hierarchies Are Good
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“All must have prizes!”.
And yet the evidence is under everybody’s yes, if people want to see.
Who cares how many US high schoolers are functionally illiterate? As long as no one’s feelings are hurt, why should it matter?
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And what? We should sort them covertly instead? We should force everybody to read Dick and Jane forever because Andy in 1st grade got dropped on his head and can’t seem to get past them? We should just keep going and let Andy flounder on things he can’t dream of ever reading because we don’t want to make him feel bad by admitting he can’t keep up?
Or are we going to take Andy and put him in a special smaller class with more help so maybe if he’s capable of getting better, with help, he’ll have some prayer of doing so?
Why are people so hung up on feelings they can’t see performance?
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