Nashville Schools to Stop Honor Roll, Embarrasses Underachievers

ChronWatch ^ | 01-27-2004 | Matt Gouras - AP

[Sgt_Schultze]

I especially like the comment from Principal Baum, ''I discourage competitive games at school,'' ... ''They just don't fit my world view of what a school should be.''

It's a good thing the parents of Julia Green Elementary School have such an enlightened roll model for their children.

[CasearianDaoist]

I have a nephew in a public school where they have an "Honor Roll"
and a "Distiguished Honor Roll" Basically if you are not on the Distiguished Honor Roll you get on the Regular Honor Roll. Thus the whole class is on an honor roll.

[John Beresford Tipton]

the restrictions go ''far beyond the honor role.''"

"role"?
Writer to spelling emergency room, STAT!

[stuartcr]

Which is worse....embarrassing underachievers, or dissappointing overachievers?

[anniegetyourgun]

All in preparation for the non-competitive world they will enter after high school.

[Arthur McGowan]

Abolish government schools, problem solved.

There is no reason for any true conservative to spend two seconds worrying about what goes on in a government school, just as no true conservative cares whether there is prayer in brothels or whether there are sanitary working conditions in crack houses. They are simply places that decent people keep their children out of, and which ought to be shut down.

[freedumb2003]

All in preparation for the non-competitive world they will enter after high school.

Goodbye Football and Basketball, Hello T-Ball!

[antiRepublicrat]

Please, please tell me this is a well-written article of parody by exaggeration.

[Sgt_Schultze]

Any game will still be okay ... as long as nobody keeps score.

[cwb]

This is one of the reasons why we have kids who go postal once they enter the real world. We have sheltered them so much through public school, that once they face adversity they explode. This facade of utopia that liberals are creating in school is destroying the spirit and drive of human achievement. We're almost to the point were grading students will be done away with.

[Made In The USA]

The Principal's refusal to acknowledge competition and the good it brings is harmful to students.

Perhaps the good Principal has tenure and doesn't have to worry about such things as - having to compete for a job, having to compete to keep a job, having to compete for raises, etc.

Perhaps the Principal should prepare students to understand how competition can inspire personal growth by overcoming adversity, teamwork, and innovation. Ms. Baum would be wise to cite examples from American industry and have the students talk to their parents about how they've overcome challenges in their lives as well.

My Son will understand that in life it is up to YOU. It's not up to 'fairness' and everyone being handed an equal share. It's reality, something the libs are often denial of.

A competetive spirit, be it in academics, sports, or a career is essential not just to success - but to survival.

[Sgt_Schultze]

There's really no reason to stop at the Honor Roll as grades perform the same distinguishing function.

[HardStarboard]

>>>Baum thinks spelling bees and other publicly graded events are leftovers from the days of ranking and sorting students. <<<

So Mz. Baum intends to send her children out totally unprepared for the ranking and sorting that the the world does to us all, no matter what vocation we pursue in life.

This idiocy is a result of not ranking and sorting of teachers for the past 50/60 years.

President Bush's proposal to finally do this has the lazy, weak and dumb educators that have been coddled by the teachers union (NEA), scared to death.

[anniegetyourgun]

In fact, this principal should (in the interest of rectifying his having dared to compete for his position) give up his job to the guy/gal who came in last for his job.

[kellynla]

Every day I see another reason to home school.

[3catsanadog]

After a few parents complained their children might be ridiculed for not making the list, Nashville school system lawyers warned that state privacy laws forbid releasing any academic information, good or bad, without permission.

Unbelievable.

Message to these parents: and your children might get on the honor roll if they apply themselves more diligently.

[SouthernFreebird]

I'm just surprised Nashville has an honor roll....

[NativeNewYorker]

To further avoid ridicule, the district will construct appropriate housing for all its students, so none can feel embarrassed when they have friends (who live in houses) visting them in their trailers.

All students will also have to either walk or take a school bus every day, so those in jalopies won't feel hurt by seeing kids dropped off from new SUVs...

[newgeezer]

... all at the advice of school lawyers. After a few parents complained their children might be ridiculed ...

No surprise here.

{government church ping}

[biblewonk]

I think it's another 19th ammendment thing.