A Lesson in Socialism

[DamnYankee]

An economics professor at a local college made a statement that he had never failed a single student before, but had failed an entire class.



That class had insisted that Obama's socialism worked and that no one would be poor and no one would be rich, a great equalizer.

The professor then said, "OK, we will have an experiment in this class on Obama's plan".

All grades would be averaged and everyone would receive the same grade so no one would fail and no one would receive an A.

After the first test, the grades were averaged and everyone got a B. The students who studied hard were upset and the students who studied little were happy.

As the second test rolled around, the students who studied little had studied even less and the ones who studied hard decided they wanted a free ride too so they studied little.

The second test average was a D! No one was happy.

When the 3rd test rolled around, the average was an F.

The scores never increased as bickering, blame and name-calling all resulted in hard feelings and no one would study for the benefit of anyone else.

All failed, to their great surprise, and the professor told them that socialism would also ultimately fail because when the reward is great, the effort to succeed is great but when government takes all the reward away, no one will try or want to succeed.


Could not be any simpler than that.

 

[KittenKoder]

Beautiful analogy, thanks for sharing Biz.

 

[Dr Grump]

It would have been better if you used a socialist as an example instead of Obama...

 

[KittenKoder]

It would have been better if you used a socialist as an example instead of Obama...

Aaah ... but there's the thing, you don't have to be a socialist to push such policies. Many of his policies are.

 

[DamnYankee]

It would have been better if you used a socialist as an example instead of Obama...

Aaah ... but there's the thing, you don't have to be a socialist to push such policies. Many of his policies are.

That's what has them confused...

 

[KittenKoder]

It would have been better if you used a socialist as an example instead of Obama...

Aaah ... but there's the thing, you don't have to be a socialist to push such policies. Many of his policies are.

That's what has them confused...

People are under this false assumption that the politicians are what they say they are ... they just don't seem to want to see that Democrat and Republican politicians are rarely what they claim to be.

 

[Skull Pilot]

It's a common practice in colleges to grade on a curve.

I took pride in ruining the curve for others. After all i was working a full time night job, was cleaning houses on days I didn't have class and on weekends and had a kid on the way and these snot nose whining pansy ass so called adults whose parents were paying for school and who did nothing but carouse and party would complain that I aced a test when the next best score was a 76 and therefore ruined their chances of getting an A on the curve

Boo Fucking Hoo was my reply

I especially liked when the idiot professor would give me a 120 on a test.

I asked him what was going on I was not able to get higher than a 4.0 so what good did giving me a 120 do?

he said that it allowed him to give the other students grades that would approach a more "natural distribution"

I told him he was cheapening my effort and submitted at least half a dozen written complaints to his department head and the dean to no avail of course.

So in a nutshell that's is what's wrong with our education system. And we wonder why our kids perform like shit compared to the rest of the world.

 

[KittenKoder]

It's a common practice in colleges to grade on a curve.

I took pride in ruining the curve for others. After all i was working a full time night job, was cleaning houses on days I didn't have class and on weekends and had a kid on the way and these snot nose whining pansy ass so called adults whose parents were paying for school and who did nothing but carouse and party would complain that I aced a test when the next best score was a 76 and therefore ruined their chances of getting an A on the curve

Boo Fucking Hoo was my reply

I especially liked when the idiot professor would give me a 120 on a test.

I asked him what was going on I was not able to get higher than a 4.0 so what good did giving me a 120 do?

he said that it allowed him to give the other students grades that would approach a more "natural distribution"

I told him he was cheapening my effort and submitted at least half a dozen written complaints to his department head and the dean to no avail of course.

So in a nutshell that's is what's wrong with our education system. And we wonder why our kids perform like shit compared to the rest of the world.

I was in a class in high school, the teacher was going to grade on a curve ... until I took my first test (I am a flawless test taker) everyone thought it was a good idea ... you are right, that is fun.

 

[DamnYankee]

It's a common practice in colleges to grade on a curve.

I took pride in ruining the curve for others. After all i was working a full time night job, was cleaning houses on days I didn't have class and on weekends and had a kid on the way and these snot nose whining pansy ass so called adults whose parents were paying for school and who did nothing but carouse and party would complain that I aced a test when the next best score was a 76 and therefore ruined their chances of getting an A on the curve

Boo Fucking Hoo was my reply

I especially liked when the idiot professor would give me a 120 on a test.

I asked him what was going on I was not able to get higher than a 4.0 so what good did giving me a 120 do?

he said that it allowed him to give the other students grades that would approach a more "natural distribution"

I told him he was cheapening my effort and submitted at least half a dozen written complaints to his department head and the dean to no avail of course.

So in a nutshell that's is what's wrong with our education system. And we wonder why our kids perform like shit compared to the rest of the world.

Had to dumb down the tests and requirements so they could get in in the first place...

 

[mascale]

A better experiment, regarding incentives, happened in Cambridge, MA. A neighbor saw two blacks, apparently not identifiable, apparently ineptly trying to break into a house across the street. The police were not only contacted, but arrived!

Anyone can see the incentives at work already!

The President of the United States was asked about this, in a national televised press conference, and expressed disbelief. Apparently the arriving police were in fact that stupid. Everyone knows(?) that they rarely arrive!

And there was the sweetener! It turns out that one of the suspects was a teacher! The arriving police weren't that stupid after all(?)! Just magically, somehow: They made the right inference!

And so, the story continues, the police did the right thing! They arrested the fellow forthwith!

Everyone knows(?) that economics is about "natural law." Economics therefore has nothing to do with math and computing. No teacher teaches that the math and computing, especially in economics: Has anything to do with intent and outcomes. The President of the United States is from the same school where the arrested teacher does iniquity. Both fellows knows that even the law itself--has nothing to do with math and computing. There is no intent in the law, and there really are no outcomes created in the law.

And so, back to the alert fellow, of Cambridge police. In the matter at hand--at least one of the teachers did get arrested. The other one just kept on ranting about the treatment of persons of color under law: And right there on TV in front of everyone. Apparently that is what teachers do, and the Cambridge police department: Already seems to know this! Everyone saw the other black guy ranting on and on: Right there on TV! (The original caller did report that there were two, not just one, of these creatures--doing ineptly, what they were doing. The teachers acknowledge that in fact they seem to know one another!)

Everyone knows about the law in America. Mostly, the police never arrive at all! It was right there on TV!

"Crow, James Crow: Shaken, Not Stirred!"
(Although, as shown in the above example--when properly motivated, the police do arrive--in some parts of America--in towns where the people teach about the law! Whatever can see for themselves: Is that they don't seem arrive in the town where they actually make the laws! Talk about your everyday, National Disgrace!)

 

[Big Black Dog]

A friend of mine sent this to me in an e-mail recently. I thought it was pretty funny then and also now. Thanks...

 

[sealybobo]

It would have been better if you used a socialist as an example instead of Obama...

Good point.

Now how does the GOP capitalism work? Monopolies, Wallstreet rips us off and then gets bailed out. So they can't lose. Lower labor wages so CEO's can make more. Start wars to get out of recessions. Disaster capitalism. Slip in tax loopholes for the rich.

And I thought the GOP believed Obama was "no different" than the GOP? Now he's a socialist?

Bill Clinton proved to go along with the GOP too much and so far I see Obama saying that he wants to give the Federal Reserve (PRIVATE BANKERS) more power.

So which is it? Do Corporations own the Dems, or are they socialists? Can't have it both ways.

 

[mascale]

More to the point: There's Never A D. C. cop around, when an arrest is clearly warranted!

"Crow, James Crow: Shaken, Not Stirred!"
(People simply don't know about gutters, anymore. Jewish people know about gutter low-lifes: And so does Minister Farrakhan!--as the battle of the (arrested, and not arrested), goes on, and on, and on!)

 

[midcan5]

So socialism according to this prof is the sharing of resources so your birth in the Walton family that gave you billions of unearned dollars and the poor born in a project with nothing shared the resources- Wouldn't that be nice, it would be one of those weird Christian ideas that you hear about but never see!

I think I will start giving BS grades, this gets an A. Irrelevant and non applicable horse manure.

The rich get rich because of their merit.
The Conservative Nanny State

"What is a human life worth? You may not want to put a price tag on a it. But if we really had to, most of us would agree that the value of a human life would be in the millions. Consistent with the foundations of our democracy and our frequently professed belief in the inherent dignity of human beings, we would also agree that all humans are created equal, at least to the extent of denying that differences of sex, ethnicity, nationality and place of residence change the value of a human life."

What Should a Billionaire Give – and What Should You?, by Peter Singer

 

[Skull Pilot]

So socialism according to this prof is the sharing of resources so your birth in the Walton family that gave you billions of unearned dollars and the poor born in a project with nothing shared the resources- Wouldn't that be nice, it would be one of those weird Christian ideas that you hear about but never see!

I think I will start giving BS grades, this gets an A. Irrelevant and non applicable horse manure.

The rich get rich because of their merit.
The Conservative Nanny State

"What is a human life worth? You may not want to put a price tag on a it. But if we really had to, most of us would agree that the value of a human life would be in the millions. Consistent with the foundations of our democracy and our frequently professed belief in the inherent dignity of human beings, we would also agree that all humans are created equal, at least to the extent of denying that differences of sex, ethnicity, nationality and place of residence change the value of a human life."

What Should a Billionaire Give – and What Should You?, by Peter Singer

we'll see how much a human life is worth when the government starts rationing life saving care.

 

[Agnapostate]

^

How many times does this spamming idiocy have to be posted?

Never mind. I'm quite aware that there are evidently no rightists with any actual knowledge of socialism in existence.

 

[DamnYankee]

Yes, by all means.... Tell us how "socialism" is an "economic" theory....

From Merriam-Webster:
1: any of various economic and political theories advocating collective or governmental ownership and administration of the means of production and distribution of goods
2 a: a system of society or group living in which there is no private property b: a system or condition of society in which the means of production are owned and controlled by the state
3: a stage of society in Marxist theory transitional between capitalism and communism and distinguished by unequal distribution of goods and pay according to work done

Or, from Dictionary.com
1. a theory or system of social organization that advocates the vesting of the ownership and control of the means of production and distribution, of capital, land, etc., in the community as a whole.
2. procedure or practice in accordance with this theory.
3. (in Marxist theory) the stage following capitalism in the transition of a society to communism, characterized by the imperfect implementation of collectivist principles.


Absolutely no correlation between the OP and the definitions of "socialism".... <sarcasm>

 

[Agnapostate]

Still no intelligent rightist post. I didn't expect otherwise.

 

[Bfgrn]

Bullshit story...No Biz is No Brains...

snopes.com: Socialism Grade Averaging

 

[DamnYankee]

Bullshit story...No Biz is No Brains...

snopes.com: Socialism Grade Averaging

The "story" was not intended to be presented as factual. It's a pity that the great edumacator, shit-for-Bfgrn-brains, is incapable of comprehending the analogous symbolism in the story. The village still has an APB alert for all its idiots....