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comment by lil
lil  ·  3811 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: If you were to create an elementary school curriculum, what would it include?

    I just emerged from a week-long evaluation of who I am as a person, offered to me as a percentage of who I'm expected to be.
This sentence made me shiver -- which is unusual in this climate. I want everyone to read that sentence so maybe I'll use it in a separate post. Reactions:

1. I'm on a retreat to get away from expectations - but I have a sense that they follow me

2. This sounds like math - maybe mknod can give us the ratio.

3. This sounds like a formula for happiness: if who I am is 100% of who I'm expected to be, then I'm a robot (well-programmed). If who I am is 0% of what I'm expected to be then I'm a hermit. What's the right balance? -- just waking up, let's ask hubski later.

Edit : While I took your comment metaphorically, I'm aware that you are talking about the marking process that teachers threaten students with.