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Stepping Off A Single Track Of Excellence

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I was a rat on the academic treadmill at an elite school. At the tail end of 14, I was told that since I had good grades, I should take the Triple Science track. So I did, and that’s by far one of the worst decisions in my life. I couldn’t remember what kind of test it was, but the subject was Physics. Our teacher had asked those who scored below B3 to stand up. The scoring system goes like this: A1, A2, B3, B4, C5, C6, D7, E8, F9. The less the number, the more worthy you are. And yes, to stand up. The kind of punishment that’s more often meted out to students who have wronged the system; we’ve wronged the system. By not scoring A1 or, at the very least, A2. He then suggested that we should consider going to Polytechnics rather than Junior Colleges after graduation. The latter is conventionally regarded as worthier. We were not as worthy. I remembered feeling my face burning with shame. I was then a rat on the academic treadmill at an elite school; I was supposed to feel ashamed for fa

Stepping Off A Single Track Of Excellence 0 Education & Catastrophe Posts Stepping Off A Single Track Of Excellence Stepping Off A Single Track Of Excellence Education & Catastrophe 87 Wu Ying Ying February 11, 2024 Imagined by imagine.art , a five-legged rat running on a treadmill surrounded by flying books. This is a guest post by Wu Ying Ying , Head of Content and Communications at Ninja Van. I was a rat on the academic treadmill at an elite school. At the tail end of 14, I was told that since I had good grades, I should take the Triple Science track. So I did, and that’s by far one of the

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