Re: American culture is cultureless
Posted by: bob on 6/29/09
I stupidetly said it outloud once, and of course was acused in
discrimination, had to transfer to another school with the help
of the union. Thank you union.
On 6/27/09, Marina wrote:
> Amen. When on earth will the public, admins, and
> politicians realize that it's not the quality of the
> programs/teachers that matters, it's the quality of the
> students that matters in the end. If they want to excel,
> they will. If they don't, they won't. End of story.
>
> I also believe there is something to what the OP says.
> Children are rasied to believe they are entiitled to the
> sun and the moon. We're not teaching children to live
> within their means, or that they need to earn things in
> life. I see it at my school when the free/reduced lunch
> kids wear brand new sneakers and whip out a cell phone,
> yet they eat for free, get free clothes, go to the free
> clinic in town, and go to a free after care program. If
> everything's free, why work for anything? The lesson we
> teach are don't worry, someone else will pay for your
> lifestyle, and here we are in this mess.
