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alpha0  ·  4259 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Barry Garelick: Let's Go Back to Grouping Students by Ability

The point is /not/ that PA is evidence of conspiracy. But PA and its cultural milieu is barely, if at all, reflected in the non-elite (youth) culture and norms. Recall the time when Latin was the preserve of the clerics. Not all the monks were noble born, but all were integrated into the exclusive system.

(That's because the social context has been degraded.)