Scott

“Institutions for the selection of the outstanding can hardly be devised... for it will always tend to eliminate initiative and originality, and, more generally, qualities which are unusual and unexpected. [this] is a criticism of the tendency to burden institutions, especially educational institutions, with the impossible task of selecting the best... this tendency transforma our educational system into a race-course... instead of encouraging the student to devote himself to his studies for the sake of studying, instead of encouraging in him a real love for his subject and for inquiry, he is encouraged to study for the sake of his personal career; he is led to acquire only such knowledge as is serviceable in getting him over the hurdles which he must clear for the sake of his advancement.”
― Karl Popper, The Open Society and Its Enemies