Very interesting quotation. Of course uneducated people are not equal either. But the idea, which seems to be pervasive where I am, that, at all costs, no child should get ahead of the least talented in the class for fear that the latter's self esteem might be harmed, is so destructive of everyhting education ought to stand for. Do I really need to say it? Apparently I do. The objective ought to be to raise every student to their greatest potential ..... which will, of course, be different for each of us.