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Originally Posted by samurai007
There is far too much liberal political correctness in schools today. Believe it or not, the school I went to (and that the children of some of my friends now attend) don't keep score in PE games anymore. They say that doing so might make those on the losing team feel bad, so all that counts is "effort". Students who excel at something can no longer be recognized or rewarded for it, because it might hurt the feelings of everyone else. They teach the kids all about "self-esteem" and "equality" and "no one is better or smarter or more intelligent than anyone else". They play to the lowest common denominator rather than encourage kids to find a niche they enjoy and develop those skills in order to succeed. This in turn has led to a generation of kids who believe they deserve things just because of who they are, or because they put in "effort". "Effort" was the only thing recognized in school, never achievement anymore, and with all that self-esteem and self-empowerment and liberal indoctrination, they start thinking the world owes them, and things will be smooth and easy if only they put in a modicum of "effort". And if for some reason "effort" does not equal "success", as the OP's friend discovered, then it MUST be because of racism, bigotry, or unfairness of some kind...
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Oh give me a break.
You talk of liberal indoctrination.. your rant sounds like it could be Conservative indoctrination.
Yes let's blame the teaching of equality and the bolstering of self-esteem of young children. Maybe you can question the methods that are used to do it... but it sounds like you'd be in favour of an approach which would be more Spartan in American schools.