(cont'd)
I saw a comment from a student -- "I can't do this without shortcuts. I'm too dumb for this."
My heart sank. There it was.
That moment when a child's belief in themselves gets crushed under the weight of a system that teaches them to believe they aren't enough.
That moment solidified something for me: The problem isn't just the shortcuts—it's the system encouraging them.
Joy, curiosity, and actual learning are tossed aside in the pursuit of instant success.
We need a paradigm shift.
Learning must be about building mindsets, perseverance, and conceptual understanding.
If we don't shift this now, we'll lose the future to mediocrity masked as brilliance.
-- Rakhi Chawla
4/n, n=4