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by 11thEarlOfMar 2192 days ago
Education by conformance is the only solution that has held up for mass-produced education around the world. In any conformance environment, you'll find actors who are more and other who are less strict. The behavior cited is an outcry against absurdly strict and asymmetric methods for driving conformity.

In reality, a conformance approach is a disservice to all. I am reminded of a story about the initial cockpit designs for military jet aircraft. Designers took a data approach. They measured 140 dimensions of 4000 pilots: height weight, arm span, leg length, ... And found the average for all. The end result was that no pilots fit in the cockpit, many so badly that the air force saw many unnecessary crashes.[0]

The human mind has far more variance than the physical body. Education by conformance is a fail out of the box.

[0]https://www.thestar.com/news/insight/2016/01/16/when-us-air-...