From b3d4d6f865d7e46198c4a7fa05c1d5ddd03b0415 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: "Zack M. Davis" Date: Wed, 5 Aug 2026 09:59:04 -0700 Subject: [PATCH] publish "Charles Goodhart Elementary School" --- .../charles-goodhart-elementary-school.md | 8 ++++---- 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-) rename content/{drafts => 2026}/charles-goodhart-elementary-school.md (88%) diff --git a/content/drafts/charles-goodhart-elementary-school.md b/content/2026/charles-goodhart-elementary-school.md similarity index 88% rename from content/drafts/charles-goodhart-elementary-school.md rename to content/2026/charles-goodhart-elementary-school.md index 152b150..5d2e71e 100644 --- a/content/drafts/charles-goodhart-elementary-school.md +++ b/content/2026/charles-goodhart-elementary-school.md @@ -1,8 +1,8 @@ Title: Charles Goodhart Elementary School -Date: 2027-01-01 -Status: draft +Date: 2026-08-05 +Status: published Category: psychology -Tags: parable +Tags: parable, school I heard a story (second- or third-hand, which surely lost or gained some details on the telephone path from reality to this telling if it even happened at all) about a boy, age 7 or so, who goes to a very highly-acclaimed school. A piece of recurring homework they give the kids is to read for twenty minutes from a chapter book, and then write a "reflection sentence" about what they read, to be checked off by the teacher. @@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ Stepmom is concerned, asks the kid to read to her, and it's very clear that the Another thing they do at this, again, very highly-acclaimed school, is they give the kids arithmetic exercises at the afterschool program. At this point, stepmom is pretty skeptical of the competence of the grown-ups at this school, so she looks over the kid's papers from that. She sees an error in one problem that was marked correct, and points it out to the kid. -Kid throws an absolute fit. "No, no!" he screams. The afterschool grader had marked the problem correct, so it had to be correct. Why was stepmom lying to him about how numbers work? Stepmom tries to explain that the grader must have made a mistake. It happens, sometimes. +Kid has a complete meltdown. "No, no!" he screams. The afterschool grader had marked the problem correct, so it had to be correct. Why was stepmom lying to him about how numbers work? Stepmom tries to explain that the grader must have made a mistake. It happens, sometimes. The kid isn't having it. Kid and stepmom take the problem to the father. Dad agrees with stepmom. The kid is still crying. "No!" -- 2.53.0