Tag is banned!

[wktf]

I don't know if this was posted or not but here's the incredulous reaction from Frank DeFord, senior contributing writer for Sports Illustrated. Crom, he echoes some of the thoughts you posted:

http://www.npr.org/templates/story/s...toryId=6380094

[risingstar]

Originally Posted by 'Nuff

They are going to have to ban tests for the same reason...Glad I am old and will not live long enough to see where the whiney parents are going to lead this country through litigation to protect their kids from failure....

The ironic thing is we tend to learn the most (about ourselves and whatever given subject) from our personal struggles and failures. By attempting to dissolve conflicts (or personal challenges) altogether, we risk stunting our most meaningful growths throughout the life span.

Sadly, this also perpetuates a state of non-accountability. Why be responsible for anything when we sometimes seem to be rewarded more for our (for lack of a better term) flaws than our strengths? As a result, it tends to create and engender this sense of entitlement in children and teens. It's undeserved, unrealistic, arguably debilitating, and may set them up for even greater if not more heartwrenching failures later on in life as they may come to expect things to come easily to them.

Somewhere along the line, society has become so much more about the individual than about any majority group. The pendulum has swung so far to one side, there are times when it looks like the rights of the majority tend to be seen as an indulgence the individual bestows upon them.

[Nightwinger]

Originally Posted by risingstar

The ironic thing is we tend to learn the most (about ourselves and whatever given subject) from our personal struggles and failures. By attempting to dissolve conflicts (or personal challenges) altogether, we risk stunting our most meaningful growths throughout the life span.

Sadly, this also perpetuates a state of non-accountability. Why be responsible for anything when we sometimes seem to be rewarded more for our (for lack of a better term) flaws than our strengths? As a result, it tends to create and engender this sense of entitlement in children and teens. It's undeserved, unrealistic, arguably debilitating, and may set them up for even greater if not more heartwrenching failures later on in life as they may come to expect things to come easily to them.

Somewhere along the line, society has become so much more about the individual than about any majority group. The pendulum has swung so far to one side, there are times when it looks like the rights of the majority tend to be seen as an indulgence the individual has the power to bestow upon them.

See...that's what I said.
Just not as good. Or with as many big words.


I want a ban on posts that say the samething after someone has already made the point. it make the original person feel small and insignificant.
And my feelings are all boo-booed,now.

[sellin71]

Originally Posted by Nightwinger

See...that's what I said.
Just not as good. Or with as many big words.


I want a ban on posts that say the samething after someone has already made the point. it make the original person feel small and insignificant.
And my feelings are all boo-booed,now.

That's right. From now on, we must use run on sentences (I already do that) and never use words that most people can't use at Scrabble. Every post must contain the word sux at some point. All you "smart" members are making some of us feel inferior. Not me of course, but some of my friends.

[Nightwinger]

Originally Posted by sellin71

That's right. From now on, we must use run on sentences (I already do that) and never use words that most people can't use at Scrabble. Every post must contain the word sux at some point. All you "smart" members are making some of us feel inferior. Not me of course, but some of my friends.

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