Scott Barry Kaufman
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I mean, I don't know if it was healthy, my obsession with my intelligence.
I'm not saying that was a great thing.
I mean, that was around the time where I thought,
That everyone thought I was stupid.
So it was exciting for me to like, I remember telling my parents like, look, you know, I took this test online that says I'm a genius.
But I don't know how healthy that is to be honest.
Maybe that was a little narcissistic of me.
more humbly if I was Secretary of Education than what I would do.
And I used to dream of being Secretary of Education when I was younger.
But what I would definitely emphasize is the fact that we put way, you know, policies matter.
And we put so much of our funding and money into assessment that there's very little left over for programming.
And I would absolutely redistribute that.
And acknowledge that programming will enhance all students.
You know, this idea that only certain students who meet a certain arbitrary threshold or cutoff on a standardized test are worthy or deserving of enriched resources is one that, quite frankly, Shankar, makes my head explode.
All these questions are so thoughtful.
I really like Jonathan's question a lot.