Students and their parents are accustomed merit based rewards. They and their children live in a world where increased performance at a given task delivers corresponding greater rewards. This could be at work, or at school. These systems are there to incentivise high performance in order to increase overall performance. It assumed these systems are fair albiet imperfect. A students may have a lousy teacher, and a parent might have a incompetent boss or employer. This does not remove the burden of performance from the individual. It is assumed regardless of the circumstances they must prevail. We laud the dedication of such acheivers who overcome adversity in order to achieve.
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