Example of such competition?
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Graduation rates immediately came to mind, and turns out it's in that ballpark: http://www.governing.com/gov-data/high-school-graduation-rates-by-state.html … I don't think I would characterize high school as cruel, from a graduation standpoint...
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Almost like a government grant vs VC money allegory
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Also not good is 10% win, but unsupervised peers chose, because popularity contest. Or teachers chose, but on implicit criteria of effort or empowerment, not quality, because false feedback.
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Pretty much like the airlines boarding situation these days. 10% of passengers are 'special' is ok, 80% of passengers are 'special' is cruel :)
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A competition with too many winners is no competition. Kills the spirit.
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I think in Chicago the 80% competition is called Graduating High School.
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I believe Harvard gives ~50% of their undergrads Latin honors
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Hong Kong has a test (DSE) which 18% pass to receive subsidised university places. One student told me she knew she wouldn’t pass but still had to spend four years studying and had no time to figure what else she might be good at (caveat, this system IS changing)
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Yup, so ~20% wins. And are people ok in Hong Kong? LOL No.
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