Comment by rdiddly
6 years ago
That's an interesting point - sacrificing quality for quantity. You see it in so many fields. Like agriculture. Back in the day, every farm was 100% organic. But just try feeding today's population that way. Now you pay a premium for organic. So in some sense maybe education is no different. Just doing more with less, or rather, doing less, for more people.
Another interesting point: People graded on quantity (making pots) made better pots than those graded on quality (one masterpiece).
https://excellentjourney.net/2015/03/04/art-fear-the-ceramic...
"Quantity has a quality all its own!" :)