Sad, but I agree with you.

Failure is not bad but first children need successes.  After a few failures
and no successes, one  stops trying.  You can be sure that when Van Gogh
brought his pictures home from school, his mother stuck them on the
refrigerator and gave him praise.

Bill

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Jinx" <joecolquitt@clear.net.nz>
To: "pic microcontroller discussion list" <piclist@mit.edu>
Sent: Friday, July 22, 2005 2:14 AM
Subject: [OT] Bring on the wusses


>
> Reuters, July 21, 2005, LONDON:
>
> Failed ? No, just 'deferred success'
>
> The word "fail" should be banned from use in British classrooms
> and replaced with the phrase "deferred success" to avoid
> demoralising pupils, a group of teachers has proposed.
>
> Members of the Professional Association of Teachers (PAT)
> argue that telling pupils they have failed can put them off
> learning for life.
>
> A spokesman for the group said it wanted to avoid labeling
> children. "We recognise that children do not necessarily
> achieve success first time," he said.
>
> "But I recognize that we can't just strike a word from the
> dictionary," he said.
>
> The PAT said it would debate the proposal at a conference
> in Buxton next week
>
> ======================
>
> "children" is too imposing a term. "Deferred adults" ?
>
> Isn't it a (GOOD) teacher's job to keep or get someone
> interested in learning ? I find this fascinating, given the
> post-series interviews of those who took part in the BBC
> programmes "That'll Teach 'em" who said the strictness
> and routine book-bashing of 50s 60s and 70s schooling
> gave them much-needed achievement satisfaction
>
> Would you get a Nobel Prize for "Attempted Chemistry" ?
> (you get something for attempted murder !)
>
> Lose a contract at work ? The boss would be OK with
> that because at least you tried. Didn't you ? Or are you
> used to getting rewarded for any and every little effort ?
>
> ======================
>
> Related Pommie whining (indicative of how PC Britain has
> become ?) from coach Clive Woodward and Blair's ex media
> maestro, Alistair Campbell -
>
> As Clive Woodward surveyed the rubble of his British and
> Irish Lions tour of New Zealand, he suggested the 3-0 test
> series whitewash was irrelevant blah blah blah drivel drivel
> drivel
>
> All Blacks coach Graham Henry said Woodward's comments
> were poor camouflage for how his Lions had played.
>
> "You can spin it any way you like. What do you do? Do
> you not win campaigns leading up to World Cups? It's just
> ridiculous"
>
> =======================
>
> And now I'm going back to my "deferred embedding", for
> which I expect, even if it all ends in tears and smoke, to be
> heralded near and far and showered with the vainglorious
> praise I so richly deserve
>
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