pretender
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-=d=- said:This thread is what's wrong with our school system.
Work with me here:
I was at my daughter's carnival last Halloween. We paid money for 'tickets' which we in turn used to 'pay' for various side-show-type games. At every game, EVERY player got a prize - the SAME prize. Whether you knock the bottles down or not.
Teaches kids this: There is no benefit for excellence. Everything in life is fair. No need to strive for achievement.
Frankly, the whole 'boost a kids self-esteem' philosophy is killing our kids, emotionally, and created inflated sense of self-worth. It's very anti-christian taken to some extremes. Proverbs tells us to NOT brag about ourselves, or what we've done; Christ tells us unless we are humble, like slaves (slaves which drive RX8s are okay, btw, I checked it out), or servants, we'll not see God.
There. I won.
Are you calling us kids?
