“Fitting the
curve” is when you take the results of an exam and change them to fit what is “normal”.
Through squashing, stretching, and standardising unexpected shapes. If a group
has an average, almost no one is average. A Standard Deviation is the average
amount each result is different from average. Again, almost no one is the
average amount different from average. “Normally”, about 68% of results sit
between one Standard Deviation below and one Standard Deviation above the
average. 95% sit between two below, and two above. 99.7% between three down,
three up. That we do this for exams results shows that the goal is not
education. It is sorting. Most education is designed to find your role in the
world. This is the exact opposite of what we should be doing, and limits
everyone to their starting point. Like Samwise Gamgee, the step you need to
take is to realise the story is not about you. Education should be about
understanding, and solving, the problems in the world. And financing the things
that aren’t problems, but need money. At some point, you need to take the vital
step that snaps the connection to the constraints you don’t find helpful.
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