A lot of it was because I thought they were purposefully lowering the bar for everyone (and while that's true for some components of education, it isn't the case for all). I thought most students who struggled were just not paying attention or didn't care (prevalent attitudes, but hardly the source of all academic difficulty, and a rather egocentric perspective for me to adopt)
Why wouldn't a child think that everyone else's mind was basically the same as everyone else's? I hung on to this idea until my own child was bumping up against reality. The idea that everyone is equal is a lovely ideal - but it can nothing to do with 'readiness to learn.'
Love and More Love,
Grinity
