I disagree - "does this kid work hard?" is actually a super valuable question to have answered. Remember all those startup articles that say "ideas are worthle

I disagree - "does this kid work hard?" is actually a super valuable question to have answered. Remember all those startup articles that say "ideas are worthless" and "implementation is everything"? School is a lot like that, and it's a valid measure. It's the rest of us that have a "fundamental misattribution error" in thinking grades are a measure of intelligence.