My feeling is that school was an introvert heaven as compared to adult professional life.
But the point is valid: what the linked article is pointing out is the motion toward a more extrovert-oriented educational philosophy. The truth is that classical education has always been designed for the introvert: students were required to sit quietly at their desks, wait to be questioned, do work in silence, etc...
And the truth is that some students (the extroverts) do comparatively poorly in this environment. So we're retooling to better serve them, potentially at the expense of the ones who were already well-served.
I don't know that this is an easy problem, but it's certainly more complicated than "introverts are discriminated against in school".
True, although I think that had more to do with making kids obedient, or expecting them to be obedient, rather than school being "designed for introverts". Also, putting a bunch of kids together in a room, and expecting them to speak up or do things in front of the class, certainly don't favor the introverted.
One thing I've noticed about working in a professional setting is that social performance and actual job performance are incorrectly intertwined in people's minds. There's some sort of carryover of positive emotions from strong social interactions when people consider their coworkers work quality, leading to mediocre but savvy workers getting rave reviews.
For an extrovert, yes. :) Or for the introvert who knows these things and knows how to do them credibly. For some of us, it's neither easy nor obvious.
I have, of course, noticed these things too, in school- and work situations... If you are talkative, it's OK, but if you're not, you are "weird", "aloof", "arrogant", or people simply think you dislike them. Yes, you can learn to make superficial conversation, but personally it all feels really fake to me.
This.
I am an introvert, and this is the crux of the problem to me.
People have no problem whatsoever making smalltalk with persons they don't like, are happy to promote themselves on the web and whatnot as the best guy you can imagine, always feel entitled to give their opinions even if they have no idea about what is being talked about.
It's all a fake friends, fake interesting lives, fake enthusiasm and popularity contest.
If you don't participate in that shit or mention problems instead of being excited, you're singled out.
Errors are forgotten easily and leave no trace on the inflated ego because they don't have the balls to look at themselves critically.
But i'm the guy with issues, sure...