sakky, in your original post, you said
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The emphasis on rigor might make some sense if it actually mattered from a real-world point of view. But the fact is, it probably doesn't.
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everyone who has been arguing with you in this thread is pointing out that this betrays your means-to-an-end view of education. for a lot of people, education and rigor are not means to some end but ends in themselves. until you can concede that point, i don't think we have that much to discuss.