Re: Thou shalt have no other gods before the ANSI C standard

From: Andrew Swallow (am.swallow_at_btopenworld.com)
Date: 02/28/05 

Date: Mon, 28 Feb 2005 17:39:59 +0000 (UTC)

Randy Howard wrote:

> In article <MMGdnVnc8r2ik77fRVn-jQ@rcn.net>, jmfbahciv@aol.com
> says...
>
>>>Where does the idea that you can hand your homework in late come from?
>>>c/homework/project/
>>
>>>From the lack of discipline in the lower ed schools. Kids have
>>a "right" to get an A and be passed. No association with
>>performance is used. The polite term is <spit>social promotion.
>
>
> They also have an idea now that if you get a really bad grade on
> a homework assignment or in-class test, that you can take it home
> and redo it there for a better grade. Gee, does anyone think the
> real world treats people this way?
>
>
>>In this state, a high school principal decided that the title of
>>valedictorian would be eliminated from the graduating class because
>>it would make the kids who weren't as smart feel bad.
>
>
> I wonder how long before everything is just pure pass/fail and nobody
> ever fails. At which point, what will be the point of attending
> school at all?

1. Employers will bring in their own exams. Soon afterwards the
children's parents will realise that they have been conned. The extra
school years was not a good action but an evil exploitation.

2. In Victorian Britain school leaving age was 13. If the schools stop
teaching when children are 13 then we can correct the school leaving age
back to 13. Increasing the work force by 5%+ means that we no longer
need to import our burger flippers from abroad.

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