Sorry, but your “phone a friend” doesn’t wash. When my boss asks me something, I don’t have the option of asking someone else. I am expected to know or have a darn good explanation why I don’t. My workplace is not that unusual either. It is not being resourceful any more then the old “the dog ate my homework” line I used to use.

I went to public school when teachers could still keep control of their students (sometimes by dragging you across the room by your ear). This was before ADD was invented.

I can read, balance my checkbook and accept disapointment and criticism without wetting my pants. I understand that my comfort and happiness is not the top priority of every person I encounter.

INDOCTRINATE the pupil to serve COUNTRY. To become slaves to the masters at the top of the hierarchy. Proof that you are a slave: You believe what your parents believed. You can’t think for yourself. When you look in the mirror you don’t see yourself. You see an IDEA of yourself.

You are a robot. Schools ensure that.

The “phone a friend” system is actually a good idea hidden behind a silly gimmick. Why not teach children what they’re actually doing—using a resource to help them figure out something they don’t know. This is an important strategy that adults use all the time. When was the last time you Googled something, used an online encyclopedia, or called up your buddy to help you figure out a problem? I bet it wasn’t long ago.

We already see the effects of this type of an education with some of the younger people I work with. People who burst out crying or fly into a rage if their boss should ask them why they did not do their job properly or on time.

Calling attention to ones self is also a neccesary skill in the workplace. I have met many people (usually women) who have done an excellent job for many years in the same position and can’t figure out why they have not been offered a promotion. This is usually because they have not let their superior know that they seek more responsibility. They have sat quietly and waited to be “called on”

Who decided that high self esteem educations most important goal?

This is indeed sick.

1)Outside of reading, writing, and arithmetic, how many readers remember anything they learned in grade school?

2)How many use anything they learned in High School?

3)How many had to forget everything they ever learned in school as soon as they entered the workforce? (excepting the reading, writing, and arithmetic)

This wouldn’t surprise me in one of those rich kid public schools.

This is just like the drive to do away with using red ink to grade papers because it supposedly hurts the poor kids’ self-esteem.

Most of these overly idealistic college kids are in for a rude awakening once they leave the protective bubbles of acedemia too.