This is what rebellion looks like in a monoculture: a deviation from the general path so slight that you would need an MRI to detect it. That lack of “crowd diversity” is what allowed Poplar Grove to score so highly in the state high-school rankings. It’s also what reassured parents. Your child might be an outsider, but at least they will be a high-achieving outsider.2 But what you give up in a world of uniformity is resilience.
