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This might be a bit of an odd comment in this kind of thread, but when reading this article, the concept of the Priority View discussed here reminded me of an e
by logicalmonster 5y ago
This might be a bit of an odd comment in this kind of thread, but when reading this article, the concept of the Priority View discussed here reminded me of an episode from the TV show Malcolm in the Middle.
I definitely remember some of the plot details wrong, but I believe that one of the teachers hated Reese, a very dumb loser, and was purposely trying to fail him. So his brother Malcolm, a very gifted student, cheated on behalf of Reese to save him. They get caught, and the teacher presented Malcolm's mom with the choice of which child's future to save: either reporting Malcolm for cheating and possibly ruining the only one in the family with a bright future, or just failing Reese and letting a loser with no future get a head start on failing at life. She unhesitatingly said that she would sacrifice Malcolm to save Reese because Malcolm would land on his feet and be ok no matter the circumstance.
- sg47 5y agoReese would have failed regardless. Not sure saving him in this instance would have made a difference. In fact, letting him fail early might have been better.
- n4r9 5y agoAh I remember that one, the point was that the teacher was giving Reece bad grades no matter what he submitted. This became clear when he cheated by handing in something that Malcolm had written and still got an F (I think). Lois demanded he give Reece a good grade or she'd out him, even if it made Malcolm look bad, because Malcolm would do fine in life either way. That show had some great plotlines.
- AvocadoCake 5y agoYour memory is very close. Here is the relevant scene: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=pU-uZztJEcQ https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=pU-uZztJEcQ