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by v0idzer0 1151 days ago
People generally do what is expected of them. If you’re dropped into a class with higher expectations, you perform better. Lower expectations and you perform worse. We are all optimized to do what’s required of us and conserve excess energy.
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Or you find the difficulty is too high, and you drop out.
Or too low, and you mentally check out.