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by tinokid 3124 days ago
Sure, bad comparison. It's consistent to support standardized rating of doctors but not teachers. Teaching exists to enrich, whereas medicine properly understood only exists to solve problems.

(I find it curious that another poster takes the opposite tack, claiming that teaching exists only to maximize the financial success of students, whereas medicine has a more nuanced end. I confess to finding this position truly bizarre.)