[ComputerGuy]

In my day, it seemed as if they were teaching to the smartest kids in the class. The rest of us had to keep up.

[Harmless Teddy Bear]

In my day, it seemed as if they were teaching to the smartest kids in the class. The rest of us had to keep up.

My husband's ninth grade teacher bluntly said as much. He said that only 10% of the students were going to understand what he was teaching and the rest should just shut up. He would give them a passing grade unless they bothered him with questions. In which case he would flunk them.

This was in the sixties.