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One student model, left standing by Jiang as part of the exploration, casts absolute will as imagination or story-level commitment and contingent will as logic that compares outcomes and avoids worse damage.
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Outcomes
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normative
Jiang endorses the view that educational outcomes should be clarified before choosing technology, because low-tech interventions may solve the problem more directly.
model
He says East Asian education is organized around outcomes and test performance rather than real learning, creativity, or giving students room to make mistakes.
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"...story, whereas relative will comes from reasoning, logic, you know, comparing outcomes. Okay."
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"I don't know. Like, absolute will is no matter what, it's going to happen, but contingent, it's kind of like, because I don't want..."
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"...the sake of it. But indeed, being clear on the educational outcome first is important, because there might be a low tech way to..."
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"Yeah, I know. I know. He I mean, like, it's, he said it so, so well. But I mean, I was talking about how..."
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"...personal opinion but I feel that there's a real emphasis on outcomes there's a very utilitarian mentality so Asians love tests if you look..."
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