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Making grades meaningless so that everyone advances is doing a disservice to kids' education. (infosec.pub)

submitted 3 weeks ago by The_Picard_Maneuver@piefed.world to c/whitepeopletwitter@sh.itjust.works

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[–] Pyr_Pressure@lemmy.ca 9 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

I mean, it's sort of preparing them for the real world.

Once they finish school it's not like people won't immediately start judging them and labelling them as failures if they can't compete / keep up.

If you don't change society before changing the school system you aren't really doing the kids any favours by sheltering them.

[–] brisk@aussie.zone 7 points 3 weeks ago

School is the real world. It's just their world, not yours. It's where they spend a huge fraction of their day and year. School needs to be a livable place regardless of what comes after. "Preparation" if necessary at all, can come at the end or be taught explicitly instead of implicitly.

[–] technocrit@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

I mean, it’s sort of preparing them for the real world.

No. School is already "the real world".

It's preparing kids to serve capital.

If you don’t change society before changing the school system

School and society are not separate things.