And baseball as opposed to dodgeball wouldn't teach people whether they are good at throwing a ball, without throwing the ball AT people?
--Beth, Pseudo usenet cop Merlin MTB, BikeE AT, RANS gliss, Trek R200, Kickbike Owned by Kavik (Samoyed Boy) and Toklat (Keeshond Boy) Anchorage, Alaska ----- Original Message ----- From: "Nick McClure" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "CF-Community" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, January 30, 2002 8:54 AM Subject: Re: Church and State > Exactly, last time I checked school was supposed to prepare people for the > real world, not give them a dream world, where everybody is equal. > > Dodge Ball, Music programs, advanced classes, these are all there to teach > people. To allow them to find what they are good at. > > At 11:27 AM 1/30/2002 -0600, you wrote: > >Dodge ball is not used to make geeky kids feel geekier and athletic kids > >feel superior. It's a game that gives kids exercise and helps them with > >eye hand coordination not to mention have a little fun. It also teaches > >kids how to work as a team in order to achieve a common goal. It > >teaches kids how to deal with failure and also how to win humbly. These > >are important life lessons for kids to learn. You would actually be > >doing those kids that you consider geeky a disservice. Extending your > >logic, maybe the schools should lower their standards so that dumb kids > >aren't made to feel dumber and smart kids superior and higher standards > >of education should not be encouraged by teachers. Music programs > >should be cut because some kids aren't musically inclined and in order > >to save them from shame, we should not encourage such things. Cut art > >classes because some kids can't even draw a stick figure. Kids need to > >be challenged. Absurd. > > ______________________________________________________________________ Your ad could be here. Monies from ads go to support these lists and provide more resources for the community. http://www.fusionauthority.com/ads.cfm Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/index.cfm?sidebar=lists
