It’s time to have a critical look at the things. First let’s look
at the Eiffel tower before talking about student grades. Yeah, there is a great
connection between them. Everything is in a mesh. There is always a connection.
Just don’t separate yourself from the world/ reality. That is a lesson from Quantum Mechanics.
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It was designed at home, on the kitchen table...
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by someone who didn't get their name on it
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Never been done before, not guaranteed to get built or to work
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It was criticized by hundreds of leading intellectuals and
cultural experts
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It wasn't supposed to last very long
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It's designed to be an icon, it's not an accident
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People flock to it because it's famous
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You can sketch a recognizable version of it on a napkin
That’s a nice bunch of interesting and useful stuff to know about
the Eiffel tower. This is a pretty good daily dose for someone who wants to
awaken himself/ herself to the fullest. But I’m about pushing the limits of
full potential and transcending the transcendence itself. So it’s time to get
critical. So it’s time for student grade facts.
New studies finds that students who are rated as more attractive
get better grades and are more likely to go to college. The study followed
about 9,000 US adolescents from high school in the 1990s, through until they
were in their 30s
They found that students who were rated as more attractive were
also given higher grades by their teachers. But students only needed to be
somewhat above average to see the advantage. The super-good-looking had no
advantage over those who were above average.
This may be because being more attractive had a negative side–it
was associated with more partying, dating and general social distractions.
Interestingly, being average in appearance produced no benefits
in GPA scores against those with below average looks.
“…visible
characteristics like attractiveness, as opposed to averageness, gave students
greater entrée and assuredness in initial interactions and greater forgiveness
for foibles and missteps in later interactions, something particularly valuable
in the large impersonal world of high school. In this context, average-looking
youth had relatively few chances for standing out or opportunities to gain
status in a competitive playing field.”
These
2 things are very much related to each other. If you want take some time to
bake your noodle and try to figure out how and why.
The
key point in both of these topics is the discussion on remarkability. Eiffel
tower is highly popular because of its remarkability. Eiffel tower is purple
cow. So many people visit it and treasure it. Attractive students got
higher grades because of their remarkability. They were different from the
average. Therefore they got treated different from average.
Sometimes
great changes can be done using very small things. What kind of a student would
think of improving his/her looks in order to get better grade? What kind of a person
would design something so ridiculous like Eiffel tower? It’s either a really
smart one or one who is too dumb to understand the society’s boundaries and
definitions.
PEOPLE WILL CRITICIZE YOU FOR YOUR WAYS. BUT WHEN YOU TAKE A
WHOLE NEW APPRAOCH TOWARDS YOUR WORK ,
YOU CAN CREATE WONDERS. IT’S ALL
ABOUT STAYING AHEAD OF THE CURVE AND
HAVING THE RIGHT EQUILIBRIUM.
YES EQUILIBRIUM. IF THE EIFEL TOWER WAS TOO
MUCH OF A TWISTED DESIGN, SOME PEOPLE WOULD HAVE SCARED AWAY. IF YOU ARE ALL
TOO GOODLOOKIN YOU’LL REDUCE SOME
OF THE FACTORS YOU HAVE GAINED THROUGH LOOKS.
This
equilibrium is very contextual. It depends on your audience. Depending on your
audience, change the settings and take a different approach.
If you are a lawyer, don’t dress like a supermodel. Dress sexy and you’ll have
impressive results. If you make something for Halloween, make sure kids get
scared away. Then you’ll be an urban legend among kids.
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