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by poslathian 1131 days ago
Such an interesting principal to carry, I never thought about it before.

Now that I am, it seems kinder to fail people early out of paths they are ill suited to follow, no?

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If it’s something they’re interested in or need to know for their career, then I don’t think it’s possible to be ill-suited, only ill-prepared.
It’s mostly because in free public universities there’s an appetite for making things hard. Very hard. The less students graduate, the most prestigious they think they are