and you're an example of that success are you? It's not a matter of "inability to succeed" my friend. Were you a second-year computer science major with a 4.0 and a couple dozen art shows in your portfolio when you were 17?
::cough:: Please feel free to tell me anything you could claim to be world champion of at age 15. (quiet, Scott <g> ) We just don't think "success" is about going to school so we can learn to label people with names like "fundie" and oh "hillbilly" and "Mexican." Makes me wonder what was in your blotter, frankly. On Nov 14, 2007 10:14 AM, G Money <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Nov 14, 2007 10:02 AM, Dana <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > You still aren't hearing me. The issues with schools are fundamental > > and not within the capacity of a child to "overcome," assuming he is > > mature enough to realize the value of learning in the first place. You > > are trivializing very large issues and in that sense proving my point. > > How is a child (or even a parent) supposed to "overcome" the way > > schools reward mediocrity at the expense of original thinking? Just to > > pick one of many issues? > > > not within the capacity of the child to overcome? Please expand on this. > > Because myself, and I'd be willing to bet, many of the people on this list, > attended schools. I"m curious what fundamental issues existed that I did not > have the capacity to overcome? Am I incapable of original thinking...just to > pick one of many issues? > > Listen, maybe you feel your children simply could not succeed in a regular > school setting for whatever reason. Hey, fine, I don't think less of them or > you, honest. But I think you are wrong if you believe that the system is so > flawed that NO ONE can succeed there....because that's just not true. > > > > > > > > You're pulling out the argument usually made about bullying. It's > > fallacious there and it's even more fallacious when applied to > > systemic problems. > > > Not sure what you mean here? I didn't mention bullying, nor was I thinking > about it.... > > > > > > And by the way, you're a bit obsessive about fundamentalists, They are > > not the root of all evil. > > > I'll grant you that I am a bit obsessive about fundamentalists...and > specifically, religious fundamentalists. Are they the root of ALL evil, of > course not. But they cause a heck of a lot of headaches, especially in my > part of the world (namely, Kansas!). > > -- > And all this could be > Just a dream so it seems > I was never much good at goodbye > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Enterprise web applications, build robust, secure scalable apps today - Try it now ColdFusion Today ColdFusion 8 beta - Build next generation apps Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/message.cfm/messageid:246430 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5
