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Author: | Rinox [ Fri Aug 11, 2006 5:52 am ] | |||||||||
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Man, check out this article. Basically they encourage kids to be average and become sissies. http://www.cnn.com/2006/HEALTH/08/08/pa ... index.html
Man, no bullying, everyone wins trophies, nobody 'wins' for real, everyone must be invited to every party...WTF?! How do they learn to cope with the fact that they're potentially - assholes that no one invites if they have a choice - suck at sports or games - are dumb - are ugly The world's a fucked up place, and the sooner you realize it the better. I say it's blah that kids could become depressed from not protecting them from everything...there are kids who go through a whoooole lotta more of shit in the third world and don't end up suicidal. Besides, if you're really intelligent you will realize that it would be a complete shame to deny the world your greatness. I know that's what I realized when i was young! |
Author: | Arathorn [ Fri Aug 11, 2006 7:22 am ] |
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The world for adults is getting more and more competitive, and the world for kids less and less. Sounds like a huge problem for adolescents ten years from now. |
Author: | Satis [ Fri Aug 11, 2006 1:41 pm ] |
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that's already a problem. It's just going to get worse. Alot of people come out of high school (and even college) now expecting stuff to be handed to them, or stuff to be easy, or whatever. And they're wrong. So they fail absolutely and completely at everything they do until they learn to really apply themselves. It's sad. The world is a hard, rough place. Don't screw the kids up by making them think otherwise. |
Author: | ElevenBravo [ Fri Aug 11, 2006 3:12 pm ] |
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ha, I dont know why these teachers are prolonging the inevitable. Once they get to highschool it only gets worse. |
Author: | Rinox [ Sat Aug 12, 2006 4:16 pm ] | |||||||||
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I think I read an article about that, something about kids being taught a 'you can do/become anything if you set your mind to it' mantra by their parents, then finish high school and are faced with the reality of things (that most of them are stupid fuckers with a bright future as a janitor ahead of them ). Is it really a 'social issue' in the states or were you just playing a grumpy old man Satis? |
Author: | pevil [ Sat Aug 12, 2006 6:23 pm ] |
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good god people are dumb Couple of years back I saw something on TV that really made me retch. I'd not long finished my A-Levels (exams at 18 for non-english) and GCSEs (compulsory exams at 16) and had failed, yes FAILED art with only getting a D. Now, this news cast that I saw was stating that they would no longer refer to D or less as a fail. I forget the term that was used, but it basically amounted to being referred to as a "almost passed, well done, have a gold star!" At the time (and now) I thought this was so stupid... I mean, in a job, you're not gonna learn what to do if the manager says "oh well nice try, not quite but you can have a bonus anyway!". You're gonna get a "Sell more stuff or you're fired". And a kid who doesn't get told he's failed isn't gonna work any harder. Ok, they're probably not gonna work harder anyway but still. Easiest way is just to keep A, B, C as passes and then simply have F for Fail. Why have D and E if they're still fails? Ok with A, B and C you can have easily passed, passed well and barely passed, but theres not much point in having a barely failed, failed badly and shouldn't have turned up. Companies and recruiters tend to discriminate against how well you passed, but if you failed, you failed. You're not gonna get in anywhere just coz you got an E instead of an F. And with the Valentines day example. I can just see it now. A fresh-outta-uni 21 year old in a bar walks up to a girl. He asks her out. He gets a slap. He then wonders why, because everyone he gave a Valentine to has always given him one back... hmmm... lets see here... Sure its upsetting to face rejection/failure/bullying at an early age, but its far easier then. Kids are good at bouncing back. Look how fast they start to cry, then within 5 minutes are laughing again. Compare that to how slowly an adult can go between the two extremes. It aint nice, but the sooner you get used to bad shit, the sooner you get used to getting over it. |
Author: | Satis [ Sat Aug 12, 2006 9:14 pm ] |
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this issue seems to have concerned Pevil deeply. :p And yea, this is a real problem. Not like 100% or something...some people still have good parents, some people have horrible parents and face reality at a yound age, and some people are smart enough to see how the world actually works. But it's still retarded. |
Author: | pevil [ Sun Aug 13, 2006 5:03 am ] |
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lol it does, coz i'll have to put up with the whiners look at all the whiners you get in games already... they'll just spread to the rest of the world. Instead of reeeeeeeeeeessssssssssssss pliiiiiiz, you'll be getting jooooooooooooob pliiiiz bastards. |
Author: | Myrddin L'argenton [ Sun Aug 13, 2006 6:09 am ] |
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I agree with pev. It's probably safer.... Nah its stupid because treating everyone the same, no matter the talent or things like that just ruins excellence. |
Author: | Satis [ Sun Aug 13, 2006 7:17 pm ] |
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isn't that what communism was about? And we all see how that turned out. Unless it's a horrible red plot that's finally coming to fruition! |
Author: | Rinox [ Sun Aug 13, 2006 7:55 pm ] |
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Once again, echoes of PKD in this idea. (Radio Free Albemuth mostly) Seen the movie yet btw? If not you're all whores, cos it's not out here yet. |
Author: | Satis [ Mon Aug 14, 2006 11:28 am ] |
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nope, haven't seen it. It's only playing in two theatres in dallas...no general release. Bastards. Plus I'm lazy. |
Author: | pevil [ Mon Aug 14, 2006 11:30 am ] |
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nope, not released over here yet afaik |
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