= Education is an IQ test
= Education as an IQ test
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The goal of our <broken educational system> is not to teach.
It is simply a test of who can learn the most in the least amount of time.
What is being learnt is of little importance. it doesn't matter if it is <how to teach/Explain how to make money with the lesson>[useful] or <how to teach/Explain why the subject is beautiful>[beautiful] things.
The <exams are useless>[useless exams] are set exactly at a difficulty level that produces a <Normal distribution> of grades:
* too hard and everyone gets 0, so you can't split people well
* too easy and everyone gets 100, so you can't split them well either
The difficulty is just set for your particular group of students.
As <Elon Musk> https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2020/mar/10/elon-musk-college-for-fun-not-learning[put it]:
> I think college is basically for fun and to prove that you can do your chores, but they're not for learning
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