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On Oct 31, 2007 7:23 PM,  <wa2egp at att.net> wrote:
> > <rant>
> > Our country, in general, has a problem that hasn't yet hit Canada nearly
> > as hard.  We're stupid.
> >
> > No, scratch that, we're not just stupid.  We're absolutely and willingly
> > clueless.  A large swath of my generation and nearly all of the
> > generation after mine can't manage money or other resources, doesn't
> > know how to plan for the next week--let alone the next 5 years, can't
> > find most of our allies on a map[1], can't define "agriculture"[2] or
> > "economy" or "technology" or "culture, and really and truly believes
> > that universal rights ought to be doled out by the government for the
> > sake of "safety".
>
> Which is exactly what the politicians want.
>
> >
> > They can't think for themselves, they can't produce anything of value,
> > they don't pay attention, and they damned proud that they don't "have
> > to".  But they have an opinion on everything.  The notion that a fellow
> > might need to be informed before forming an opinion is just unheard of
> > around here.  If you try to keep an open mind, you're a flip-flopper,
> > wishy-washy, etc.  No, you have to shoot from the hip, and DAMN anyone
> > who shows you information to the contrary; he's just a dirty
> > liberal/conservative.
>
> Typical, attack the person, not the argument.
>
> >
> > But, then, what can you expect from two generations of kids who were sat
> > in front of televisions for hours at a time, starting at a very young
> > age, and then pushed through schools too weak-willed to correct and
> > hold-back because it would damage some poor kid's self-esteem.  At least
> > when I was in school, we still had "gifted and talented" programs.
> > Friends of mine who are teachers tell me those are going away because
> > their exclusive nature also damages self-esteem.
>
> My school is a gifted and talented program.  My district expanded these
> programs to "look good".  We now take 200 freshmen instead of 150.
> Unfortunately, more have failed out leaving about the same amount of
> graduating seniors.  Screw self-esteem.  Too much time is spent in
> primary school helping students have good self-esteem instead of teaching
> basics so they can get self-esteem from their success.  Somebody
> always gets the horse and cart out of order.
>
> > Mix all that together, and you get a clueless populace who believe they
> > are never wrong and have been told that they and their country "am de
> > best".  So, of COURSE we have to help the rest of the world crawl up to
> > our level.  It's just the NICE (read as: "christian") thing to do!
> > </rant>
>
> Pretty much the same crap that some other countries do except they don't
> bother helping other countries come up to their level.  They'd rather
> be alone at the top. :) I guess that's the price of nationalism.  The
> latest "bad guys" have actually said they'd stop if we
> become/think/believe like them.  Yeah, OK...
>
> Bob
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self-esteem does not create good grades
good grades does create self-esteem!

modern educators are propagandists; they stopped teaching decades ago!
if, for arguement's sake, we assume all the self-esteem,
pop-psychology, psuedo-science, Science as a religion is good,
the result is less time to teach reading, writing, and new-math, etc.
skills need for life are not given enough time for the clients, er,
students to learn the material.
(just ask a real old teacher.)

somebody screamed....

i don't want your education
i don't want your mind control