School Systems and Variance

School systems are focused on reducing variance between students. This is harmful for some of the best students.

School Systems and Variance School Systems and Variance Arnav 31 March 2021 cac2e71 When people complain about schooling, their solutions describe an ideal experience centered around them. Starting backwards from the end-user makes sense when building an experience that you want people like, and recommend to their friends. As an example, if you set out to build a software product today, you may choose to be invite-only, and iterate fast with a tiny number of highly motivated users who are happy to provide detailed feedback. Seeing like a state You don't have this affordance if you're in positi

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