Students with the highest IQ scores could erase the blackboard, carry the flag, or take a note to the principal's office. She explains in a 2015 interview, "On the one hand, I didn't believe that a score on a test was that important; on the other hand, every student wants to succeed in the framework that's established. So looking back, I think that glorification of IQ was a pivotal point of my development."[2]