I tried to approach my rebuttal by replying directly, but that’s just not feasible. I’ll just list the themes that have cropped up and address that. I’ll look for a representative statement by one...
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I tried to approach my rebuttal by replying directly, but that’s just not feasible. I’ll just list the themes that have cropped up and address that. I’ll look for a representative statement by one...
Urrgh, there is so much here it will take me all evening to respond to everything. Let me quickly respond to these two and then I'll see what feasible to respond to the longer comments.
Neely,...
Arrgh. I have no time to respond. Like I said, teachers refuse to change. As if the current system is any good. :brickwall :brickwall Go on with your monopoly. Only the kids suffer.
I’m saying that inside New York City, there is essentially one place to work as a teacher – the NYC school system. Other than the few private school positions, you have to move out of the city. I...
There isn't anything I'm thrilled about the current administration. :cold:
When I said lesser skills, I was thinking of secretary, nanny, waitress. Don't get me wrong, those jobs are very...
Oh yeah, that guy is now in the Obama administration. :D
I understand the points you made above, and they crossed my mind to as I was putting together my argument. I can't answer why. Culture is...
Nice to have you join us Ms. Petrarch. ;)
First of all the impact of the boy's graduation rates has not had a cultural impact yet. But be that as it may, the feminists salary comparison...
That's why competition can frame the experience as cool. ;)
If I were a parent of a good kid who is not fully receiving a proper education based on the disruption of a minority, I would be blowing a fit. If a group of kids are preventing others from...
May i ask Neely what do you have against boys having a little competition between them? It seems like you're philosophically against it prior to even giving it a chance. I just did a cursory search...
Thanks StLukes. I pretty much agree with evcerything you say there. I'm not sure if the author of that article was saying the root cause was anti competition (I can't quite remember) but he was...
LOL, horror of horrors is right. I bet most of them can't teach. They get their PhDs for whatever research they want to do and teaching is only secondary. Most of their research is a waste of time...
Thanks Neely. Hopefully when the economy recovers, the Uni will be able to hire more.
Actually other than Aristotle, who was specifically brought up by a single teacher, I had to read most of those on my own as well. Who is Leontini? He doesn't ring a bell.
Oh that does sound...
You know I felt a tug of regret when I left it at Aristotle, but then I went ahead anyway. Aristotle teaches us how to underastand art, but I think Horace (Ars Poetica) and Longinus (On the Sublime)...
:lol: Oh Neely, I may be an old dog, but I've been more than exposed to literary theory. I do have a masters in english lit. It's all a crock. ;) Frankly meaningful literary theory started and...
She's making biological claims when she says that gender identity is not innate/biological. Yes sir, she is making scientific claims.
If science can go astray - and i've never said it can't -...
Oh Paul, I didn't mean to ignore your first post. But I seemed to have by pass it accidently. I completely agree with you. It seems like you are experiencing the issue first hand and are looking...
First I am not going to put myself forth as an expert or even someone who has done any study in this area. But let me put forth this hypothesis. Like I addressed the kilt as hypothetically...
I don't know. I agree that parent's obnoxiously pushing kids in sports is not the best of all worlds, but i would have to see some statistics to be convinced it led to serious damage. Are they more...
I can't speak for France. How do you know what the standards were in the past? You can read about grade inflation over the years here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grade_inflation.
So you want...
I think some boys do ok. I think the article refers to the bottom 20%. Serious damage from competition? What do you classify as serious damage? While I have heard of parents going too far in...
I'm not familiar with that. Is that a novel, movie?
I could swear there was a thread/discussion on the problems of teaching boys. When i came across this article this morning I immediately thought of this forum.
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