Why do we want to aim at mediocrity?

David Cameron’s talking about bringing elitism into schools. Liberal minded folk that have all but banned healthy competition in schools won’t be happy. They don’t want kids to ‘win’ in school, as that will mean that someone else will inevitably ‘lose’. Instead they’d prefer it if everyone competes, but there be no winner or loser – a contradiction in terms that I haven’t yet managed to get my head around.

Perhaps they think that kids can’t cope psychologically with second place. What is it that there are some amongst us that don’t want children to experience the buzz associated with winning. Don’t they know that the only true way to become a winner is NOT to win once or twice? (Something that I’ have mentioned once or twice on the site and my blog)

Competitive spirit should be nurtured and honed in the school environment; whether it be in sport or in other more academic areas, that's how true success must be qualified. The single word definition of elitism is leadership, or to put it another way – the set of people that lead. Put this into a school setting and it refers to those that strive, excel and attain the mindset to lead(and inspire others to emulate and follow).

We learn by our mistakes and we improve on our results.