"Children can take lessons in that school via the Internet and can score extra points like e.g. in Geography or History. That sounds very promising and is a fantastic basis for future steps"
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Karpov’s optimism lands with the quiet authority of someone who spent a lifetime turning abstract systems into practical advantage. Coming from a chess champion, “extra points” isn’t just a school incentive; it’s the language of training, of incremental edges that compound. The quote frames online learning as a kind of ladder: a place where kids can bank small wins in Geography or History and convert them into “future steps.” It’s less visionary-utopian than it is tournament-minded.
The intent is promotional, but not empty. Karpov is selling a model of education that mirrors the logic of chess improvement: you study remotely, you drill fundamentals, you measure progress, you accumulate rating points. The subtext is that knowledge can be gamified without being trivialized. “Sounds very promising” reads like an endorsement built on results rather than ideology, the way an athlete praises a training regimen that produces measurable gains.
Context matters here: this is the language of post-Soviet and globalizing education, where access, standardization, and mobility are the prize. Geography and History aren’t random examples, either. They’re identity-making subjects, the stuff nations argue over and citizens are expected to know. By placing them inside an Internet “school,” Karpov implies a future where civic literacy is no longer tied to a specific classroom, teacher, or even country.
It works because it’s modest. No grand claims about revolutionizing education, just the pragmatic promise of broader access and a scoreboard kids can actually climb.
The intent is promotional, but not empty. Karpov is selling a model of education that mirrors the logic of chess improvement: you study remotely, you drill fundamentals, you measure progress, you accumulate rating points. The subtext is that knowledge can be gamified without being trivialized. “Sounds very promising” reads like an endorsement built on results rather than ideology, the way an athlete praises a training regimen that produces measurable gains.
Context matters here: this is the language of post-Soviet and globalizing education, where access, standardization, and mobility are the prize. Geography and History aren’t random examples, either. They’re identity-making subjects, the stuff nations argue over and citizens are expected to know. By placing them inside an Internet “school,” Karpov implies a future where civic literacy is no longer tied to a specific classroom, teacher, or even country.
It works because it’s modest. No grand claims about revolutionizing education, just the pragmatic promise of broader access and a scoreboard kids can actually climb.
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