first of all, this is survivorship bias layered with “could have been worse” pessimism, which is common among us post-soviet kids. you made it through a horrible education, and came out feeling fine, but dozens of kids in your class probably didn’t.
but even though you survived it and hold yourself as never having been at a disadvantage, you also WOULD have gotten further or earlier in your life if you didn’t have to experience at least some of the bullying. or if you had gotten 5 hours of computer time instead of 1, right?
this is why i hedged and said “some of the bullying”. i’m fairly sure most kids experience it, adapt, and prepare for more bullying later. but for many the experience is traumatizing and holds them back in school. or worse, bullying can interfere with building work ethic, a learning disability, or simply tank a final exam. in soviet times, high school grads who missed an entrance exam were basically conscripted to the army.
in usa, there are other opportunities after hs, but culturally they are usually left to their own devices to see themselves through any college.
One day, a chance event occurred that illustrated the retention of working memory in chimpanzees. While Ayumu was undertaking the limited-hold task for five numerals, a sudden noise occurred outside. Ayumu’s attention switched to the distraction and he lost concentration. After ten seconds, he turned his attention back to the touch screen, by which time the five numerals had already been replaced with white squares. The lapse in concentration made no difference. Ayumu was still able to touch the squares in the right order. This incident clearly shows that the chimpanzee can memorize the numerals at a glance, and that their working memory persists for at least ten seconds.
Selling on there wasn’t exactly great either. I sold a $250 ticket to a baseball game a couple of years ago for $315? and ended up losing $2 on the transaction.
True. There are lot of state schools that have honor programs and whatnot. Those are also extremely competitive as well. And there are plenty of state schools that are just top tier in general (e.g. UC Berkeley).
These were the fees for 2 tickets to a padres game a few weeks ago. It basically makes it impossible for anyone to resell their season tickets for any sort of profit. All of that money has been scooped up by stubhub.
Chimps probably have great memories because evolution has selected for individuals that don’t need to pause to remember which of your limbs or other appendages they’ve already torn off so they can get on with the rest of their day looking for apple bits.
Apple bits, by the way, are pretty tasty if you put sprinkle on some lemon juice and sugar and serve with some yogurt.
