Learning vs. Winning: What Is School Really Teaching Our Kids?

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“This is honors English,” she told my daughter, “you go figure it out.” My daughter isn’t in college; she’s a sophomore in a public high school and had gone to her teacher for some extra help on an assignment. When I first heard this I was furious. Really, “you go figure it out?” And then I thought, this must be the culture that’s been intentionally set at her school. Competition…