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		diffeomorphism on Nov 21, 2024 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Everyone is capable of, and can benefit from, math... Doesn't follow. Bell curve in, shifted bell curve out. Ideally this also tweaks the variance a bit. In other words: Some students flourish despite their teachers, some flourish because of them.

mr_mitm on Nov 21, 2024 [–]

And how would you call the students in the left tail of the Bell curve if not bad students?

diffeomorphism on Nov 21, 2024 | [–]

Below average students and as long as the average is high enough they are still very competent.

A bad teacher instead gives you a bimodal distribution and just doesn't bother teaching those students.

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