Comments on: School Daze Debate

By: Douglas B

Douglas B — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 22:21:16 +0000

Mr. Sack, as always, has prompted me to think. I would agree to a certain extent with his thoughts, and, knowing him as an honest man, trust his observations abroad. What I think we need to keep in mind is that in today’s generation, children are told they are “special” when they are not; told they are beautiful and attractive, when, many times they are not; and are told they are smarter, which as we all can tell, they are not. What we are seeing is a generation of children being lied to by their parents and, to a certain extent, their instructors. Rather than fighting to learn, and to progress, these kids being taught that they are somehow entitled to be worshiped and adored. Hence, they become individuals, not because of a drive to excel, but, because they are told they are exceptional, for no other reason than they exist. When they join the real world, they are shocked to find out that “things aren’t fair”.
Please now, forward you slings and arrows. I may be full of bovine excrement on this one, after all, I am a product of Public Education.

By: Clay Barham

Clay Barham — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 20:04:52 +0000

Well, not if you accept Obama. He said community interests are more important than are individual interests. America separated from the rest of the world because people accepted individual self-interests as more important and progress was the result, which is why we have 5% of the people and use 25% of the world’s wealth, soon to change with the levelling tactics of Obama.

By: Jim Sack

Jim Sack — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 16:26:54 +0000

Jon, I am truly honored to receive a cmpliment from you, and I should add that I admired your stands all those years you toiled on the school board. Thank you.

By: Jon Olinger

Jon Olinger — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 15:16:06 +0000

Jim,
I have never heard it put so….perfectly. You have defined the difference between the national psyche of the United States and the rest of the world (at least most of it.) I thank God I live in a country that allows me to fail miserably (which I have) and get back up, rethink my “plan” and try again (which I do).
Our education system gets criticized for its failures, and many times it deserves the criticism; however, the same education system has helped produce some of the most ingenious, creative individuals in our society. Yes indeed we need sanitation engineers, but the beauty of America is that I can become a sanitation engineer today and still have the opportunity to become the next Bill Gates tomorrow. I only truly fail when I stop trying to be better.