All that Fredrik deBoer wants us to do is concede that not everyone can be above average. That's just the nature of statistics, its iron and immutable logic. In many realms, we accept this without hesitation: height or weight; the time it takes to jog a mile; my persistent inability to carry a tune. Apply this to education, however, and things get touchier. Some students, to put it bluntly, simply aren't smart enough. This may sound cold-hearted. But, deBoer contends, the truly callous approach is to ignore this reality.
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