(en español después) If you have ever watched a professional snooker tournament, you come to a realization about those who are best at the game know how to play shape. While they are capable of making the impressive difficult shot, they only do so when a prior miscalculation has left them in a an impossible position. No great pool player would ever put themselves in a position where they had to make a difficult shot every time. They play shape, so that they can make it look relatively easy as they rack up points and victory.
In public education our formidable opponent is ignorance and it behooves us to also play shape, so that we can best use our limited resources in a manner that gets the best return on our investment. Sadly, what we have done up until now is set up a system of public education that makes it even more difficult, if not impossible, for
