At 01:42 PM 2/9/2005, you wrote: >At 14:12 2/9/2005, you wrote: >>In a message dated 2/9/05 11:52:21 A.M. Central Standard Time, >>atodd@uh.edu writes: >>BEE BEEN BANNED: Schools in Lincoln, R.I., have canceled the annual >> spelling bee competition. Assistant Superintendent of Schools Linda >> Newman said the decision was unanimous, and was because the "No Child >> Left Behind says all kids must reach high standards," but a spelling >> bee is "about one kid winning, several making it to the top and leaving >> all others behind. That's contrary to No Child Left Behind." A spelling >> bee "sends a message that this isn't an all-kids movement" as it leaves >> "some kids being winners, some kids being losers." That just won't do, >> she says, since "You have to build positive self-esteem for all kids, >> so they believe they're all winners." (Woonsocket Call) ...Asinine. >> A-S-I-N-I-N-E. Asinine. >> >>Then I guess band contest, baseball tournaments, and being the class >>valedictorian are on their way out, too. Heaven forbid, we don't want to >>give the smart and outstanding children a complex. >> >>Wim > > > >Psychological socialism Actually, social Darwinism...besides, that is much more in keeping with Ayn Rand than any thing that even remotely smacks of socialism - especially the psychological type....come to think of it, good thing there wasn't a Zwei Rand, or, Heaven forfend - a Drei Rand.... (ouch!) Horace
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