| Rath said: she would recognize the people who actually tried hard and wanted to do well early on, and really give those people more of her time. |
That is good, but not very far from "choose the people who are good at it and give all of their time to them". All PE (gym), music and art teachers I've ever encountered do this, and it means the majority of the class never gets any constructive criticism and never improves.
In those subjects, when you arrive in high school they assume you either "get it" or you don't by that point and don't bother teaching basic skills that would make those classes fun, e.g. practising passing in football and helping people do it right. I couldn't ever play football because of that, but it wouldn't take long for a teacher to help if he bothered.
