Perhaps not, but the purpose of the public school system is not to turn out a couple of geniuses every year. It’s to maintain a well-educated populace. Most res

Perhaps not, but the purpose of the public school system is not to turn out a couple of geniuses every year. It’s to maintain a well-educated populace. Most resources should be going towards making the average student better. I can’t tell you how many people have told me that I must be very smart for going into computer science, and that they could never do it because they’re just not math/stem people. That negative self-talk certainly has a huge amount to do with whether they’re capable of going into STEM. To me, it seems these changes are oriented towards helping everyone succeed in STEM, even those who don’t think they’re math people. Which, again, is less to do with their actual abilities and much more to do with their mental dialogue. This makes a ton of sense. Basically any skill or habit you might want to develop can be easily thwarted if you’re struggling mentally with discipline, focus, self-image, etc. In my opinion, the “mental game” is crucial to nearly everything and doesn’t get enough focus. (Think of how in sports, a bad mental game can easily loose you the physical game even if you’re an incredible athlete.) I doubt these educational changes would ever have much of an impact on bonafide geniuses, because they are operating in an entirely different context.