Originally Posted by madeinuk
bewildering, loathsome and exasperating
Agreed. Individuals have different strengths, and each individual should be encouraged to flourish... gifted, advanced, and/or high-achieving individuals should not be held back to create an artifice of equal academic/intellectual/educational outcomes.

Ignoring individual strengths and cutting tall poppies to create equal outcomes is bewildering, loathsome, and exasperating.

By contrast, excellence in sports is encouraged, and varsity athletes are not told to warm the bench until junior varsity or intramural athletes catch up.