Comments on: Just in case you thought it was only the educational system in the US that had gone nuts http://deesavoy.com/2005/07/22/just-in-case-you-thought-it-was-only-the-educational-system-in-the-us-that-had-gone-nuts/ Sun, 08 Jan 2012 12:00:59 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Deatri King-Bey http://deesavoy.com/2005/07/22/just-in-case-you-thought-it-was-only-the-educational-system-in-the-us-that-had-gone-nuts/#comment-77 Sat, 23 Jul 2005 02:22:00 +0000 http://deesavoy.com/2005/07/22/just-in-case-you-thought-it-was-only-the-educational-system-in-the-us-that-had-gone-nuts/#comment-77 I’m with you also Dee. This reminds me of when my youngest was in pre-school. They had no board games, so I took some in because my children love them. When I got there the instructors said that the children could play, but we’d have to devise a different way of playing so none of the children would lose. They didn’t want to hurt the children’s self esteem. Sheeesh.

Anyway, my favorite saying is:
The only difference between one who succeeds and one who fails is the one who succeeded never gave up.

Shoot, these folks are teaching the kids not to even try. Heck, it’s not like they have to worry about “failing.”

Peace
Deatri

]]> By: Rowena Winfrey http://deesavoy.com/2005/07/22/just-in-case-you-thought-it-was-only-the-educational-system-in-the-us-that-had-gone-nuts/#comment-76 Sat, 23 Jul 2005 00:07:00 +0000 http://deesavoy.com/2005/07/22/just-in-case-you-thought-it-was-only-the-educational-system-in-the-us-that-had-gone-nuts/#comment-76 I agree with you Dee–softening up the words for “failure” is hurting, rather than helping those children–they need to know that any true success takes WORK!! And when they put forth an effort to learn, things will improve. I’m so tired of everyone trying to make things so easy for this generation–all it’s doing is making them lazy and complacent!! Just my two cents on the subject!!

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