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Not by definition, because the definition of success at school isn't "getting high grades". School is not the end, it's only a means. If I had to give a single
by gizmo 17y ago
Not by definition, because the definition of success at school isn't "getting high grades". School is not the end, it's only a means. If I had to give a single metric for success at school it would be 'education'; those who learn more are more successful at school. This isn't necessarily reflected by test scores.
- scott_s 17y agoIt's the metric that is used to judge academic success. Really, all of this is besides the point that the author was trying to make. You're getting caught up in his example, but ignoring his point. Grades are a metric of a kind of success. I agree that education is more important than grades, but that's not what the example was about.
- mnemonicsloth 17y agoI'm not trying to score rhetorical points here, but it seems like you're trying to change the subject after having one of your unconscious assumptions brought to your attention. Everybody has them, and, er... by definition... nobody is aware of them. Most people try and forget all about them when they do become visible, but is that the ideal reaction?
- scott_s 17y agoI feel not that I'm trying to change the subject, but reign it back in. I assumed people would recognize that what I meant when I said "more successful" in the context of an objective metric like grades. I hoped that pointing out that the author was more concerned about success in a general endeavor than in the specific example he used would clarify the point he tried to make. I was wrong.
- jgrant27 17y agoThat metric has long been flawed.