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A child does not fail, but "defers success"
The Guardian ^ | Wednesday July 20, 2005 | David Ward and Matthew Taylor

Posted on 07/22/2005 1:30:31 AM PDT by NixonsAngryGhost

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To: NixonsAngryGhost

Cool. We can fail to pay any teacher that goes along with it and call it a "deferred salary".


41 posted on 07/22/2005 11:46:42 AM PDT by thoughtomator (How many liberties shall we give up to maintain the pretense that we are not at war with Islam?)
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To: NixonsAngryGhost
TEACHER = DEFERRED SUCCESS!
42 posted on 07/22/2005 4:01:53 PM PDT by Don Corleone (Leave the gun..take the cannoli)
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To: NixonsAngryGhost

yeah, well, just like the "child" is going to have to "defer" a paycheck when he/she turns into a "deferred success" adult.


43 posted on 07/22/2005 4:54:45 PM PDT by wildwood
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To: Reaganesque

Failure isn't particularly damning for a person of character. Nobody can win every time. Sometimes a person is just off their game. I've succeeded a lot and failed a lot: both are valuable learning experiences and help people learn to cope with the real world.


44 posted on 07/22/2005 4:56:34 PM PDT by HitmanLV
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To: NixonsAngryGhost

Defer the rod, and your child will defer success.


45 posted on 07/22/2005 5:28:49 PM PDT by A_perfect_lady
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To: Onelifetogive
"Deferred Success" is too long. We should just use the acronym. "DS"

As in Dumb Sh!t?

"Your son didn't learn anything this year, ma'am, I'll be DS'ing him."

And I'll be Deep Sixing the little DS until his grades show some improvement.

(My, but I'm insensitive!)

46 posted on 07/22/2005 6:03:00 PM PDT by DumpsterDiver
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To: libs_kma

Whew.....

That's a relief.

I might be a success after all.

As a Private in the Army I was told that I put the "Suck in Sucksess" right after I failed to do enough pushups on a PT test.
I wish I could have told my Drill Instructor that I was deferring my success.


47 posted on 07/22/2005 10:26:07 PM PDT by nerdwithamachinegun (All generalizations are wrong.)
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