When an individual or group of individuals is made to feel that the only thing that truly matters is the end result, then that will be their only goal. An example could be found by looking at the Girl Scouts. One of the most visible functions of the Girl Scouts organization is its annual cookie sale. If two girls from the same area followed the path that the company has opened for them, they would end up fighting over the rights to some roads, forcing them both to accept a small number of orders. If the girls had worked together, they both could have done quite well. A secondary example would be a scandal that occurred when nearly a dozen teachers in the Atlanta, Georgia public education system were found to have cheated on their students' standardized tests. Teachers were under pressure to achieve high scores, and when they failed to get this right, they instead engaged in falsification and deception. Neil deGrasse Tyson once said, “When students [sic] cheat on exams it is because our school system [sic] values grades more than students [sic] value learning” (deGrasse Tyson). While Tyson is referring to students, the same could be said of teachers and test scores. Education is not just about objective examinations of retained material, but when the focus is only on doing the best, only objective data can meet the need. However, students who cheat and teachers who falsify test results are not the only victims of this social perspective. Society must find a healthier standard for judging others rather than simply by purpose
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