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The system by it's very nature was designed to cater for the "Line of Standard Deviation". (Basically, it teaches to the student that fits on the line that counts as 'average' even if their peers fall above or below that line). Theoretically it would ensure that no one student is given an advantage over another regardless of their academic achievements or inclinations. However, what ends up happening, at least where I live, you get kids that are barely able to to identify the numbers put before them put in the same classroom as students that are able to explain the logic behind why a negative multiplied by a negative equals a positive.

"All are equal" is the mantra that seems to run Admin, and it's nonsense. I'm atrocious at Math, but good at other subjects. What it should be is "All have strengths".

In order to avoid the blanket solution, it requires money, resources and time. None of which governments have or are willing to spend. I'm not saying every student needs and IEP (individual education plan), but it would make lives easier if we weren't trying a "one size fits all" strategy.

Just my thoughts as an educator of three? Years