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[–]hennaojichan 8 insightful - 3 fun8 insightful - 2 fun9 insightful - 3 fun -  (2 children)

This is where, if you're given a math problem, you have an impression and there is no wrong answer, or maybe I'm exaggerating. Hep me.

[–]WhiteZealot 18 insightful - 5 fun18 insightful - 4 fun19 insightful - 5 fun -  (1 child)

The idea is to make the lesson so confusing that the intelligent students do much worse than they would if it was taught properly but the unintelligent students do only slightly worse, meaning the races have more similar outcomes.

[–]AFutureConcern 10 insightful - 3 fun10 insightful - 2 fun11 insightful - 3 fun -  (0 children)

You summed it up perfectly. That's precisely their aim. They would phrase it as something like, "empowering underachieving students to reach their potential" - except that the other result of it is that everyone gets dumber.