Triathlon, Education and Pisa Scores

I read different explanations on the Pisa Scores from different countries in different languages.  Triathlon is related to education and Pisa Scores are relevant to triathlon for that reason; although, education is cultural, meaning that we are educated to perform for what the culture dictates.  We can be great business men if we belong to this culture, great scientist if we belong to this culture; even terrorists if we belong to that culture.  

To be good at our “métier” we need basic education regardless of what we do culturally.  It can be a doctor or a top triathlete:

1)   Pay attention to details.  Concentrate the most we are able to do (most likely we do not know the limit and the limit does not exist).  We need a strong culture that supports learning as we see in the BBC video.

2)   Pisa Scores are related to perform well in a culture that produces “goods.” We need to be able to sit down to do the testing, concentrate during the event, and solve problems according to what we know as culture.  If we have a sport culture we need the same basic parameters of attention, concentration and solving problems to perform well.  I like the video of BBC regarding Finland that has high scores in the PISA examination since it started.