tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8078379512095504946.post356698940326679487..comments2024-03-26T06:17:49.527-07:00Comments on Had Enough Therapy?: They All Went to CollegeStuart Schneidermanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12784043736879991769noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8078379512095504946.post-54923865151908057532017-12-02T18:04:33.930-08:002017-12-02T18:04:33.930-08:00"It's oppressive to the kids because you&..."It's oppressive to the kids because you're giving them a false sense of success," says one current Ballou teacher, who spoke on the condition of anonymity to protect her job.<br /><br />Change "oppressive"(newspeak) to "lying/deceptive," and one has cut a bit closer to the bone.<br /><br />- shoe<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8078379512095504946.post-75013081213402100292017-12-01T08:55:18.379-08:002017-12-01T08:55:18.379-08:00Scarecrow in the Wizard of Oz started this, with h...Scarecrow in the Wizard of Oz started this, with his "diploma".trigger warninghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06310637474428322994noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8078379512095504946.post-6385573995934365172017-12-01T08:29:08.733-08:002017-12-01T08:29:08.733-08:00Why do Democrats/Progressives/Liberals DO this to ...Why do Democrats/Progressives/Liberals DO this to children? Are they deliberately doing this to them, or do they just not care? (I'd ask if they have no shame, but I already know that answer.)Sam L.https://www.blogger.com/profile/00996809377798862214noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8078379512095504946.post-14213440741303562702017-12-01T06:44:13.998-08:002017-12-01T06:44:13.998-08:001. Student attendance is linked, at least in CA s...1. Student attendance is linked, at least in CA skool districts, to disbursements from the state, so there's a pressure to inflate attendance rates.<br /><br />2. A good illustration of "graduation", "degrees" and "kollege" as fetish. They are important only from the perspective of the skool districts who bask in the glory of these statistics, and from the mistaken perspective of students and parents who think these degraded, devalued fetishes mean something. You have a kollege degree? Cool, I have a cat.<br /><br />So, not impressive from my POV, where I'm an employer who knows how this game is played. And yes, I'll have fries with my order.Jack Fisherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17873320680596889057noreply@blogger.com