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The Hidden Curriculum

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The hidden curriculum is the set of unstated lessons schooling transmits about authority, punctuality, competition, and one's place in a hierarchy.

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Ranking students by score teaches that people are ranked, whatever the subject being ranked.

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Hidden here means unstated, not concealed by anyone in particular.