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Do you really think that will do squat? I don't.
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Important to whom? Certainly not me. I don't care how much it barely is or is not. If I was not responsible for the pregnancy, how is it my concern? Ignorance? How so? Are you saying that I never experienced misfortune? If so, you must be viewing a different person than the one I saw in the bathroom mirror a few minutes ago. Why would you hope that I never experience a situation out of my control? Oh, I get it. I see how it works. I see the dealer have an ace so I should buy insurance in case he has a blackjack. In your case, you think that you might have such an incident or two so you think that you might "help others out" and in so doing buy insurance for your possible misfortune. And people say I am selfish. Sorry, I don't make decisions based on whether I might be in that bad position. You might. I make decisions based on whether I think it makes sense or not. And I have been a volunteer Asst Mgr for the Ronnald McDonnald house. BFD.
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And the kids do better WITHOUT the fluff. Interesting.
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- Peter.
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At the collegiate level US students compare just as well with others. It's not what you know when you're 11 years old, it's how you use your knowledge when you get out. Most kids manage fine after they learn how to learn. Once you know how to learn you pick things up really quick.
Anecdotal observations: I taught a logic section in CC back in the early 90's, and although I didn't teach inductive logic, the kids who were creative and knew how to learn managed to do better at inductive logic than the kids who didn't. Kids who could regurgitate math formulae had no clue how to solve logic problems, especially the math/logic combined problems. Kids who were creative managed much better in trying to solve those kinds of problems.
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Clubs, sports, boosters, community stuff.
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Having more kids means it costs more. It doesn't mean you pay more. There is a difference. I guess I am not into the fluff stuff. I agree with you that it can't hurt but I doubt it does much besides waste resources. Much like Bush reading to some kids on 9/11. Both events are just fluff. I'd rather both men have sat their asses in the WH and tried to do something besides waste resources by having SS people ensure their safety.
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Maybe I am misinformed. I thought a japanese student went to school eight hours a day with no major summer vacations. There would be no equivelent in north america I am aware of.
The almost consistant reliability of products was first observed years ago coming out of Japan. This was no accident in my opinion. Almost an inevatable result of their advanced in comparison to our educational system. Have any of you worked with a Japanese national that has temporarily been assigned to north america? They sign papers to gaurantee they will return to Japan before leaving. Usually a six month period. I found the few I worked with knowledge wise to be not only very advanced but dedicated as well. I may have been working with the cream of their crop though. I wondered after the experience why they did not dominate the world. This six month contact occured many years ago. The other japanese I met that actually resided in north america where like a steriotypes in comparison. The current educational benchmark is not being observed here in an increasingly competing world. China is expected to make major gains far quicker than Japan did. Quality should follow fast. North america is going to lose by defalt if it not already has. Games to delay the reality of the situation at some point may become a little thin. |
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I actually find myself sidestepping good lucrative situations as our actual needs are already well satisfied. It's almost like a clock slowly winding down. Drive is primarily driven by needs perhaps. Fat and lazy comes to mind as an old perhaps valid expression. |
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Once again. This has exactly what to do with learining? It's precisely a manifestatoin of screwed up priorities as mentioned earlier in this post.
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Schools in the US focus too much on non essential things and not enough on hard sciences and math. Physical fitness is the pretty much only the haven of school athletes and that is not enough. parents pay too much attention to extra-curricular activities and not enough on making sure junior can do calculus
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