Makes total sense. If the kids are able to solve the problems at hand, why would there be a need to separate them? Just make sure you test whether people have learned what they're supposed to.
Along the same lines, why punish someone for being in a class with another competent kid?
As for worries about places in further education, it's easy to make things hard enough that your lecture halls aren't stuffed. Doesn't require you to rank everyone.
I think I'd have learned a lot more if everything had been pass/fail. Not just because it's easy to get to the pass line, but also that I'd challenge myself more with more advanced stuff.
Along the same lines, why punish someone for being in a class with another competent kid?
As for worries about places in further education, it's easy to make things hard enough that your lecture halls aren't stuffed. Doesn't require you to rank everyone.
I think I'd have learned a lot more if everything had been pass/fail. Not just because it's easy to get to the pass line, but also that I'd challenge myself more with more advanced stuff.