>I also think this explains the state of education in the U.S. generally. Teachers are hamstrung in holding students (and especially parents) accountable for do

>I also think this explains the state of education in the U.S. generally. Teachers are hamstrung in holding students (and especially parents) accountable for doing the hard work. As the old saying goes, “You can lead a horse to water…” Many times, I've heard people focus on how the failures of large numbers of individuals are a cause of a problem: education, retirement savings, the effectiveness of propaganda. Whether or not it's true, I don't think there's a possible solution in trying to change the values of millions of unrelated individuals you have no control over. It'd be better to create "happy paths" that make it easier stumble into success. It's like digging more wells for the horses from the pithy adage. You still can't make them drink, but fewer horses will be too far from water when they finally get thirsty.