Skip Navigation
15 comments

  • Remember how modern policing forces in Britain were formed because it was considered that there needed to be a lighter, more regulated arm of enforcement than the military?

    Funny how we in the US seem to have flipped that around.

  • Actually, getting good grades in school is indicative of a lack of intelligence.

    "good kids" that never get in trouble and always get good grades are the ones who never question anything and always do as they're told.

    Ever heard your teachers say ""effort is half of your grade!" that translates to "be a kiss-ass and do as I say or I'll give you a bad grade"

    • For good grades you need to be willing to learn and either put in some work or be intelligent.

      The kids with bad grades are often unwilling, few unintelligent.

      Intelligence can lead to be uninterested if the teacher is a bad one, but if the teacher is interesting the intelligent kid will do great without that much of an effort.

      Rewarding effort would be valuable for intelligent kid actually, since they often develop bad working habits because of it. But grades can never truly reflect it, and so no teacher is grading based on it.

      (except on high level studies were you need both intelligence and effort...)

      • Intelligent or just able to memorize well enough to info dump for the test. My schools basically taught for the state standardized tests, I learned a ton more from random internet surfing than from school, unfortunately.

      • For good grades you need to be willing to learn and either put in some work or be intelligent.

        No, no and no. You only need to sit there and take in what the teachers say, you need to be stupid to have good grades in school. At least in the US.

        All of the richest people in the world never finished school. The longer you're in that system, the dumber you'll be.

15 comments