 - Last login: 3 hours agoFlackrum
- Flackrum is a 31 year old married guy from Chicopee, Massachusetts, USA.
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- Member since Feb 26, 2006
Former Army Intelligence Analyst transitioning into the field of psychology.
Tobacco pipe-smoker, prefers cognac to beer, night to day, and the main course to dessert.
Spiritually: Empirical Agnostic.
Politically: Pro-constitutional independent with liberal Lockean philosophical leanings.
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Like it or not the world is competitive. Nothing is gained by artificially hiding that from kids until they are suddenly dumped into reality. Why not focus on helping them build their self-esteem and ways to constructively deal with reality while giving them merit where it's due?
CNN reported a growing trend in schools to protect self-esteem of students by removing competition, social cliques, and the ages-old concept of hard work for reward.
From the article:
"Gone are the days when a kindergartner dropped a handful of party invites in the classroom cubbyholes of their closest buddies. Today, if anyone is excluded the invitations can't be handed out at school."
"At some schools, a second-grader can't offer paper valentines or heart-shaped candies to a short list of pals and secret crushes anymore. They give cards to everyone or no one at all."
"In many towns, scorekeeping no longer happens at soccer or softball games played by kids under 8 or 9. Win or lose, every player in the league gets a trophy at the season's end."
My niece received a 'student of the month' award last year in middle school. Her grandmother still talks about it (regardless of her nearly failing her classes). It turns out that the award is cycled through all students in the class regardless of grades or attendance.
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