An Obsession With Proxies 📉

High-minded people rely on their own observations.

A high-minded parent looking for a tutor for their child will:

  • speak to the tutor 🚀
  • assess their competence through direct observation 🚀
  • take their personality, character and integrity into account 🚀

This is NOT how schools select teachers.

Schools select teachers using tokens.

A piece of paper that says you are “qualified” to teach.

A proxy that has ZERO correlation to actual teaching ability.

People can get teaching qualifications through a single trait alone: obedience.

They don’t need competence, honesty or integrity.

This is how the school system has created an ass-kissing race to the bottom. 📉

See also: Proxymorons 📉