On Sun, Jul 4, 2010 at 1:25 PM, bofh <[email protected]> wrote: > I blame the education system that places a priority on self esteem (at > least one state has an actual law where the school *must* promote a > student up to the next grade after a kid has been in a grade for 3 > years, even if the kid refuses to learn and constantly fails - reason > - it could hurt their self esteem if you hold them back too much)
Apparently I'm full of shit. For those who do not believe this: http://horizon.unc.edu/projects/issues/papers/one_more_time.html http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Social_promotion For the record - I do not know if any states still practice social promotions today. But this was the case when I was in college. According to wikipedia, it started in 1930s. -- http://www.glumbert.com/media/shift http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tGvHNNOLnCk "This officer's men seem to follow him merely out of idle curiosity." -- Sandhurst officer cadet evaluation. "Securing an environment of Windows platforms from abuse - external or internal - is akin to trying to install sprinklers in a fireworks factory where smoking on the job is permitted." -- Gene Spafford learn french: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=30v_g83VHK4
