If only everyone stopped using the word "achievement" as a synonym for scores on tests. It's a sleight of hand that justifies so much that's gone wrong. We've meanwhile discounted the work of real live children as "soft" data.
Having "normal" temperature may be an indicator of health, but when we think it's the definition of health, beware. We wouldn't be so stupid, would we? A high score on a multiple-choice driving test means something different than a road test driving a car. So we prefer the latter if we value safety. Do we value intellectual achievement less?
Talking with a Vanderbilt senior expelled for role in pro-Palestinian
protests
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One of the first schools to expel students related to pro-Palestinian
protests was Vanderbilt University. One expelled senior is still hoping he
can get hi...
47 minutes ago
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