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Re: Students Fro Academic Freedom
Posted:
Sep 19, 2003 4:58 PM
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In article <bketho$fom$7@bob.news.rcn.net>, jmfbahciv@aol.com writes:
>In article <45pab.56$s5.12740@news.uchicago.edu>,
> meron@cars3.uchicago.edu wrote:
>>In article <bkcn0d$6r5b$1@ID-106564.news.uni-berlin.de>, Timo Voipio
><tvoipio+newsharvested@iki.fi> writes:
>>>Richard Bos wrote:
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>>>> Oh, for heavens' sake. Children of that age not only can, but will
>count
>>>> for themselves, if only because it's so much fun going "Seven-three!
>>>> Seven-three! Neener, neener!". All these people trying to be "nice for
>>>> the sake of the chiillldruuunnn" are stupid for not realising (or,
>>>> indeed, remembering) how un-nice children themselves can be.
>>>
>>>And who should, as a reminder, read Golding's Lord of the Flies.
>>>
>>Yes, yes.
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>>>Besides, I think that competitiveness just prepares the kids for the real
>>>world...
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>>Exactly. This is what the purpose of all play is, preparation for the
>>real world. The modern "enlightened" educational approach, though, is
>>based on keeping kids as sheltered from the real world as possible
>>till they reach 18, then expect them to magically turn into adults at
>>this date. Then everybody is surprised why there are so many immature
>>people around.
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>Like the principal who cancelled the valedictorian rituals
>because all the other kids might feel bad. The gal who
>lost out proposed that athletic letters also be cancelled.
>Bread and circus, anyone?
:-))
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>None of this has anything to do with sex bias (tying a knot
>in two threads). It has everything to do with squishing
>anybody who has original analytical thought potential.
>
School boards are elected by the vast "majorities of the average" and
cater to those.
Mati Meron | "When you argue with a fool,
meron@cars.uchicago.edu | chances are he is doing just the same"
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