"...the teacher assumes divine omniscience..."

“Another 'advanced' educational method does not mark examination papers for their accuracy; instead, grades are given indicating that the child has done well in relation to his capacities. That is, the teacher assumes divine omniscience, and pretends to know the child’s innate capacities absolutely, by some supernal means, instead of judging the specific result of a specific examination.”

— Isabel Paterson from the chapter 'The Educational Octopus' in her 1943 book The God of the Machine