Or maybe it's grade creep? At Harvard, A is average now...
On Mon, Dec 23, 2013 at 5:58 PM, WILTON <wilt...@nc.rr.com> wrote: > ATTAGIRL and congratulations > > Wilt > > ----- Original Message ----- From: "Hendrik and Fay" <heni...@gmail.com> > To: "Mercedes Discussion List" <mercedes@okiebenz.com> > Sent: Monday, December 23, 2013 5:38 PM > Subject: Re: [MBZ] Civil Sexism, Oh Yeah! qa9uqavy > > > > I do agree with some of this, particularly the bit about parents needing >> to put an effort into educating their kids and not expect the state to do >> everything and then when things don't work out, blame the system/teachers. >> It's about people not willing to take responsibility for their offspring >> and yes this is particularly problematic in poorer sections of the >> community. A nasty and simplistic way to say it is, 'stupid/lazy breeds >> stupid/lazy'. >> I don't agree that women's lib has any major influence on current >> education issues. >> It could be argued that the women lost as excellent educators have been >> replaced by women who previously may have not have chosen to enter higher >> education and also women pursuing worthwhile careers, inspires girls to do >> well in school. >> We choose to send our kids to private school, I try not to think about >> how much this has and is costing us but we only have one chance of >> educating our kids and that is not an area to skimp. >> We could be driving a nicer car than a 20+ year old Benz, we could go on >> better holidays and have fancier appliances if we sent our kids to the >> public system but end of the day we have to choose what is important. >> Actually my daughter has just finished school and scored a 90 out of 100 >> score, would she have done as well in the public system? I don't know and >> yes, the quality of the teachers would have been a factor, in the public >> system you get a mixed bag of talent, from utterly appalling to excellent >> and it only take one crap teacher to stuff up a childs education. >> Lastly according to the local stats, more children here are now >> completing school, than at any time in history, part of this I suppose is >> that there are not as many low skilled jobs available. >> >> Hendrik >> who is a proud daddy >> >> On 24/12/13 08:20, Scott Ritchey wrote: >> >>> I blame it on women's lib. Back in my day (50s and early 60s) I >>> benefitted >>> from many superb women teachers in public schools. I suspect most of >>> them >>> were there (vs running fortune 500 corporations) because education was >>> the >>> best avenue open to them as dedicated, educated women. But that's only >>> half >>> of the story. Parents then (mine, at least) insisted their children >>> work in >>> school and behave. I had nothing to fear from my teachers compared to >>> the >>> discipline I'd get at home if I misbehaved. Lately, I've heard stories >>> of >>> parents attacking the school/teacher if the school tried to discipline a >>> child or give a (deserved) low grade. Kids today (especially certain >>> minorities) may think it's not cool to do well in school. That was >>> actually >>> true in my day too, maybe not to the same degree. But parents then made >>> a >>> difference and most mothers then were home makers. Now, it seems mothers >>> need to work but mainly so they can afford to buy crap that isn't really >>> needed. Folks have been brainwashed to believe they and their kids NEED >>> all >>> kinds of stuff that didn't even exist 50 years ago. In effect, they have >>> sold themselves to become indentured servants to the economy. >>> >>> Scott >>> >> >> >> _______________________________________ >> http://www.okiebenz.com >> >> To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ >> >> To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: >> http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com >> > > > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
