Commenters debate whether rigor reflected ideology or pragmatism
2Nov 2 10:25 AM · 6d ago · 1 comment · 1 source · development 2 of 9
Discussion emerges over core drivers: one commenter argues the USSR deliberately wrote hardcore textbooks to identify talent everywhere; others attribute it to lack of educational ideology around "dumbing down" material.
“supposedly because USSR didn't care much about most of the students, they wrote hardcore books such that a talented student in a remote village will get the knowledge”
I grew up with students being given grades or scores to easily digest how we are doing and the computation of that grade is very open, like 80% test results 10% classroom participation and 10% project score. I think it's like that can't recall it is too long ago.Now my kids are being educated and they track them with just three words and I even…
supposedly because USSR didn't care much about most of the students, they wrote hardcore books such that a talented student in a remote village will get the knowledge and contribute to building rockets in the future. No one cared for the remaining 99.9 percent of students and their pointless struggles