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That second line stood out to me too. It reminds me of the strive for a perfect bell curve. I had a teacher once say that if everyone is getting A's and B's on their tests than they're doing something wrong and the test is not hard enough. The strive for the perfect bell curve requires thAat most students do "averagely" (i.e. a C) and that an equal number get A's and F's. This is an awful thing to strive for since many consider success an A and failure an F. THere is much more to education than grades and I agree that it would be interesting to see how an education system that focused less on grades, or atleast encouraged everyone to do well without reserving spots for failure, would work.