On 15/01/2014 08:58 AM, scott wrote:
> The problem is, and it's the same in the UK, it's "cool" to be dumb, or
> at least appear to be dumb.

This seems to be pretty much the root of it all.

You know, there *was* a time when great mathematicians, engineers, 
scientists and so forth were like revered deities. What the heck happened??

> I don't know how you would go about
> changing it, perhaps separate out by ability at a much earlier age?

The only thing I can think of is that if somebody does well at school, 
people hate them out of jealousy - and there's where this "cool to be 
dumb" crap comes from. If that's the psychology behind this, then more 
separation would just make the problem worse...

The actual solution? I have no idea.

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