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Must’ve not occurred to them that if students simply looking things up is such a massive concern maybe you should test something else?

_Microft 3y ago
What would that be? Edit, to make the question more clear: I considered math and physics problems which tend to be less on the memorize and more on the do-the-thinking-yourself side of things and even those are vulnerable to some whiz solving the problems for everyone and people just copying them.
- Given_47 3y ago
  None of my ideas are practical cuz I assume they believe their current system is “good enough” but anyway: I would scrap the standardized tests that we are most accustomed to. Yes ideally we’d want some more objective way of determining a baseline level of intellect and I honestly don’t hate something like the wonderlic (specifically the speed of identifying patterns aspect). Admissions would be dependent on a short convo, which sucks but I can’t think of a better way to foster the optimal student body. Ultimately the point of the convo is to parse the extent of ones intellectual curiosity and their voracity for learning—admittedly might be harder to sniff out the bullshit in practice lol. Really just want to admit kids with the above qualities and a min level of intelligence ie the purpose of the two hurdles. I don’t want kids that r solely motivated by external factors. Have to prioritize fostering that curiosity cuz those people are how society progresses. Yes ik something so subjective “isn’t fair” but standardized tests actually purport as being fair and lol. And for the record I was good at them, they’re just stupid. Let me know any thoughts cuz what I said probably sounds absurd
grayhatter 3y ago
the people in charge went with turning off the internet to the country... I'm not sure they're filled with great ideas or reasonable problem solving skills... why is the world the way that it is :(

_Microft 3y ago

What would that be? Edit, to make the question more clear: I considered math and physics problems which tend to be less on the memorize and more on the do-the-thinking-yourself side of things and even those are vulnerable to some whiz solving the problems for everyone and people just copying them.

Given_47 3y ago
None of my ideas are practical cuz I assume they believe their current system is “good enough” but anyway: I would scrap the standardized tests that we are most accustomed to. Yes ideally we’d want some more objective way of determining a baseline level of intellect and I honestly don’t hate something like the wonderlic (specifically the speed of identifying patterns aspect). Admissions would be dependent on a short convo, which sucks but I can’t think of a better way to foster the optimal student body. Ultimately the point of the convo is to parse the extent of ones intellectual curiosity and their voracity for learning—admittedly might be harder to sniff out the bullshit in practice lol. Really just want to admit kids with the above qualities and a min level of intelligence ie the purpose of the two hurdles. I don’t want kids that r solely motivated by external factors. Have to prioritize fostering that curiosity cuz those people are how society progresses. Yes ik something so subjective “isn’t fair” but standardized tests actually purport as being fair and lol. And for the record I was good at them, they’re just stupid. Let me know any thoughts cuz what I said probably sounds absurd

grayhatter 3y ago

the people in charge went with turning off the internet to the country... I'm not sure they're filled with great ideas or reasonable problem solving skills... why is the world the way that it is :(