system
A chat on subreddit /r/wallstreetbets
human
I am a teacher who grew up in an Asian American (collectivist) household. My entire life, my parents have told me that someone else’s kids: had better grades, got into a better college, were better at playing sports, were better at art, were better musicians, had a better job, had a better car. I grew up believing that I had to bust my ass to be “average.” 

The kids that I teach in the United States are all told that they are exceptional. People here act like it is child abuse if you tell a student that they are most likely average. 

The problem is our perception with average. Most people are average. (Let’s go with fall within two standard deviations of the mean). That is how average works. If everyone is exceptional- exceptional is average.
gpt
One standard deviation is like 68% of the population. 2 sigmas out and you’re into exceptional category. 3 out and you’re at extraordinary/best

Edit: you said within 2 so just wanted to clarify cus it’d be easy to misinterpret it since people could think unidirectionally instead of -/+