At 01:53 PM 4/24/01 -0400, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:


>All though school (elementary, junior and senior high as well as in some
>undergraduate college courses) we tend to discourage competition.

say WHAT??? i would say it is JUST THE OPPOSITE ... do the best you can to 
get ahead of the next fellow or gal ... is that not the mode? compete 
compete compete ... do better than others if you can SINCE, down the road 
... it is assumed that OTHERS (college admission officers for example) will 
VALUE that

your reply to college officers and employers ... "well, most of the things 
i did i did in groups" ... will NOT get you very far ... since they will 
ask: what can YOU do? 



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