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EDIT: The lack of compassion for outliers is an alarming indication of the general attitude toward education at large. Outliers are who advance the world.[1]
by sillysaurus2 13y ago
EDIT: The lack of compassion for outliers is an alarming indication of the general attitude toward education at large. Outliers are who advance the world.[1] If you don't help them, then you'll live in a poorer country. If splitting by gender is the most basic thing we can do toward that end with proven results, and "... But socialization! (except for those I don't care about)" is standing in the way, then the situation is pretty grim.
I'm going to bow out of this conversation now.
[1] http://paulgraham.com/wisdom.html http://paulgraham.com/wisdom.html
- TazeTSchnitzel 13y agoI realise there are some nerdy types around here who socialized entirely through IRC, but I don't think that'll apply to the vast majority of students.
- girvo 13y agoI had an experience that was sometimes similar to yours. Come on though, we are the outliers... In my opinion anyway.
- stdbrouw 13y ago> Outliers are who advance the world. But everyone has to live in it. You're not asking for compassion, you're asking schools to do something that might be advantageous for a minority at the expense of everyone else. How does that make the world a better or more advanced place? I sympathize with what you're saying, but surely there's better solutions here than single-sex schools.