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Originally Posted by CliffFletcher
Presumably over concern that it hurt the esteem of kids who didn’t make the list. Don’t kids already know who their high-achieving classmates are? And now more and more boards in Canada are doing away with streaming and honours programs altogether.
The knots educators tie themselves into to pretend there isn’t a competitive element to education is embarrassing.
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Well we can't have the kids feeling bad that other kids are smarter than they are. Society is also about fairness and inclusion.
In fact we should do away with grades completely.
As long as you are a participant in class, that should be good enough, no?
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