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> It's also why there are athletic competitions. It brings out the best in athletes as they strive to win.

Majority of people don't participate in athletic competitions. They checks out. These are for elite majority interested in finding out who is best of the best while everybody else sits on sofa and watches them on youtube.

Ideally, education should not have majority of students ignoring whole thing exists or merely watching others compete without every learning themselves.



> Majority of people don't participate in athletic competitions.

The ones that don't aren't very good at it.

> sits on sofa and watches them on youtube.

Exactly.

> education should not have majority of students ignoring whole thing exists or merely watching others compete without every learning themselves

Right. Testing&grades provide 1) motivation and 2) assessment of progress.




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