After reading Ken Bain’s “What Makes an Expert”, I found myself surprised by the variety of outlooks it expresses. In the “Intrinsic and Extrinsic Motivations” section, a quotation stood out most to me, “You play the game of school to win against your competition, not to learn. (Bain 46). This stood out to me most because I wonder when did school turn into a constant competition? How would one see himself or herself as a winner, without learning? I thought of my high school, with a larger graduating class of 248 students; we all were competitive. A vast majority of us were participating in sports, while also trying to maintain gpas to be at minimal in National Honors Society. As graduation approached, our competitive nature seemed to escalate
