Comments on: Cannot Be Taught http://www.offby1.net/backlog/2009/02/18/cannot-be-taught/ Oh, I have slipped the surly bonds of earth Mon, 06 Apr 2009 10:32:29 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: mel http://www.offby1.net/backlog/2009/02/18/cannot-be-taught/comment-page-1/#comment-46156 mel Mon, 23 Feb 2009 19:48:18 +0000 http://www.offby1.net/?p=690#comment-46156 also... this wraps is up http://mwkworks.com/lifesnotfair.html also… this wraps is up http://mwkworks.com/lifesnotfair.html

]]> By: mel http://www.offby1.net/backlog/2009/02/18/cannot-be-taught/comment-page-1/#comment-46155 mel Mon, 23 Feb 2009 19:39:41 +0000 http://www.offby1.net/?p=690#comment-46155 Damn right you'll teach your kids a mere sense of entitlement is not what will get you by alone. If your kid's generation could be the first one in a while that starts to purge this sense of entitlement that has been going on that would be great. Damn right you’ll teach your kids a mere sense of entitlement is not what will get you by alone. If your kid’s generation could be the first one in a while that starts to purge this sense of entitlement that has been going on that would be great.

]]> By: Mir http://www.offby1.net/backlog/2009/02/18/cannot-be-taught/comment-page-1/#comment-45906 Mir Fri, 20 Feb 2009 16:14:41 +0000 http://www.offby1.net/?p=690#comment-45906 Yeah, there is more to it than effort, for sure. I really don't like that this "self-esteem" grading is going on in elementary schools, but to hear that some people think it should be happening in post-secondary education too, gross. In hindsight I guess I shouldn't be that surprised, those kids who got graded "W" for Wonderful will eventually get to college age. Yeah, there is more to it than effort, for sure. I really don’t like that this “self-esteem” grading is going on in elementary schools, but to hear that some people think it should be happening in post-secondary education too, gross. In hindsight I guess I shouldn’t be that surprised, those kids who got graded “W” for Wonderful will eventually get to college age.

]]> By: Charling http://www.offby1.net/backlog/2009/02/18/cannot-be-taught/comment-page-1/#comment-45878 Charling Fri, 20 Feb 2009 08:13:23 +0000 http://www.offby1.net/?p=690#comment-45878 I'll use the obvious analogy, here: You want some dope who graduated PhD in Agriculture to irrigate your crops with Gatorade, cause it quenches *all* thirst? He tried really, really hard in school ..... :/ You want some guy to have to try really really hard to remember a differential diagnosis on your dying mom when he only has 10 minutes to administer treatment or her stroke will permanently ruin her brain? I didn't think so. I’ll use the obvious analogy, here:

You want some dope who graduated PhD in Agriculture to irrigate your crops with Gatorade, cause it quenches all thirst? He tried really, really hard in school ….. :/

You want some guy to have to try really really hard to remember a differential diagnosis on your dying mom when he only has 10 minutes to administer treatment or her stroke will permanently ruin her brain?

I didn’t think so.

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