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To: Petro

Sorry, but that’s not the reason... the fact is that some people are just smarter than others.


2 posted on 01/28/2014 10:07:07 PM PST by babygene ( .)
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To: babygene; Petro

Here’s one view of mine:

Some kids just don’t take initiative. The school is supposed to teach, but at some point the student has to start working towards their own future. They should be going to the library more often, using the books and resources there, or going to various other libraries and doing research. You can’t just sit around and let the teachers decide what information you’re going to be getting out of life.

Some students do well in high school, but fail later because out of all they learned from the teachers, they failed to learn initiative and failed to expand their horizons intellectually in regards to teaching themselves. Taking initiative is what will determine success in any way that anyone can define it. Students who were stars in school mess up in real life because real life isn’t about sitting back and having people give the information to you.

Resourcefulness is another issue; if you don’t learn to make do and use what you have, you’ll never go anywhere. A lot of people oddly think that you shouldn’t try to run a business or do something practical if you don’t’ ave a degree.


3 posted on 01/28/2014 10:21:31 PM PST by CorporateStepsister (I am NOT going to force a man to make my dreams come true)
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To: babygene

They have to dumb down the kids so they will vote Democrat!!!


6 posted on 01/28/2014 10:27:43 PM PST by tallyhoe
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To: babygene

The problem in schools starts in kindergarten. They cripple the children with whole word reading instruction, making functional illiterates out of most of the average IQ kids and all of the below average ones.

You can’t read to learn if you haven’t learned to read.


10 posted on 01/28/2014 10:42:38 PM PST by Valpal1 (If the police can t solve a problem with violence, they ll find a way to fix it with brute force)
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To: babygene

True enough. Gumption helps too. Henry Ford never graduated from high school


23 posted on 01/29/2014 1:50:01 AM PST by Jimmy Valentine (DemocRATS - when they speak, they lie; when they are silent, they are stealing the American Dream)
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