I read something like this recently, I'll try to dig up the reference. The general notion is that we have enabled a generation of narcissists through all of this BS mommy-state education, "I am special, look at me." At my daughter's school (a private schook ,not even affected by unions), they have all kinds of behavioral issues with kinds in her class, and their entire attitude is basically consequence-free negotiation with eight year-olds on why they are so mean to their classmates. My wife, of course, is having none of it, and is in an uproar over the lack of discipline. We both agree that what some of these kids need is a measured slap on the back of the head, followed by instruction to pay attention or face consequences. Personally, I am not a disciplinarian at all, that's my wife's job, but even I am amazed at the kind of behavior the school lets kids get away with. And like I said, that's private school. At public school- well, it's ugly. I'm not sure I have met a product of public schools here who can distinguish between "lose" and "loose".
On 4/2/07, Gruss wrote: > > I happen to be listening to Rush today and he brought up an > interesting report - one that had numbers something like this: > > % of grade schoolers that think they're good at Math: > US:34% > Korea: 9% > > Of course it turns out that the Koreans are actually good at math > while the US kids suck. > > The point being that the "self esteem society" that educators seem to > push these days has created arrogant morons: kids who's self esteem is > derived from others telling them they're great rather than flowing > from achievement in a competitive environment. > > That, of course, is bad news for the country as a whole. > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Create robust enterprise, web RIAs. Upgrade & integrate Adobe Coldfusion MX7 with Flex 2 http://www.adobe.com/products/coldfusion/flex2/?sdid=RVJP Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/message.cfm/messageid:231971 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5
