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Maybe that feeling of enjoyment learning and mastering things.


that common feeling within the creative type is just not there for the majority of the population, learning has had to be made mandatory specifically because juniors won't otherwise do it on their own accord


I have a very hard time believing first graders etc have much use for scores. And beating knowledge into students only goes so far. The downsides to external rewards and punishment vs intrinsic ones are so great anyway, I wonder what the point is with scores many times. It didn't work on me, that I can say for sure.


> I have a very hard time believing first graders etc have much use for scores

people all age react to compliment and scoldings, grades are just a synthetic alternative




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