Rewarding failure has become an American epidemic

[Daisy]

Look at what we've accomplished, folks...a society of whiny butt cry babies with no backbone whatsoever...where and when will it end? Inclusion ain't all that's it's cracked up to be...SMH...some highlights of the article...

Giving guaranteed slots to willing participants may make a team seem more inclusive, but it won’t force its members to be. People given an easy pass are unlikely to be met with open arms by those who earned their way.

And what happens to those who are accepted on the basis of “inclusion” rather than merit?...

Lowering standards has become a nationwide — and even global — phenomenon. When schools were unable to pass the basic proficiency tests of the No Child Left Behind law in 2002, educators simply made the tests easier over the years, allowing more kids to pass while keeping the schools’ federal funding intact. And, as of last year, teachers in New York no longer have to take a literacy test that many found too difficult. Meanwhile, in England, schools are now removing analogue clocks in exam rooms and replacing them with digital versions because students unable to read clock faces felt stressed about it.

All this mollycoddling comes at an emotional and developmental cost.

A famous cheer goes, “We know we’re the best, better than all the rest.” But kids and adults everywhere are learning the destructive lesson that you don’t have to be the best anymore. Just showing up is enough.


https://nypost.com/2018/06/02/rewarding-failure-has-become-an-american-epidemic/

 

[What if...?]

Look at what we've accomplished, folks...a society of whiny butt cry babies with no backbone whatsoever...where and when will it end? Inclusion ain't all that's it's cracked up to be...SMH...some highlights of the article...

Giving guaranteed slots to willing participants may make a team seem more inclusive, but it won’t force its members to be. People given an easy pass are unlikely to be met with open arms by those who earned their way.

And what happens to those who are accepted on the basis of “inclusion” rather than merit?...

Lowering standards has become a nationwide — and even global — phenomenon. When schools were unable to pass the basic proficiency tests of the No Child Left Behind law in 2002, educators simply made the tests easier over the years, allowing more kids to pass while keeping the schools’ federal funding intact. And, as of last year, teachers in New York no longer have to take a literacy test that many found too difficult. Meanwhile, in England, schools are now removing analogue clocks in exam rooms and replacing them with digital versions because students unable to read clock faces felt stressed about it.

All this mollycoddling comes at an emotional and developmental cost.

A famous cheer goes, “We know we’re the best, better than all the rest.” But kids and adults everywhere are learning the destructive lesson that you don’t have to be the best anymore. Just showing up is enough.


https://nypost.com/2018/06/02/rewarding-failure-has-become-an-american-epidemic/

It breeds weaker citizens.

Which the powers that be like.

The weaker people are the easier they are to exploit and control.

Things are proceeding according to plan.

 

[ttwtt78640]

It breeds weaker citizens.

Which the powers that be like.

The weaker people are the easier they are to exploit and control.

Things are proceeding according to plan.

It breeds dependence on government - few (if any) private outfits will (voluntarily) play along with this entitlement game.

 

[MrWonderful]

A government of wolves will in time beget a nation of sheep. - Bertrand de Juvenal

Spending on education is inversely correlated to educational achievement. The more America has spent for the past fifty years, the worse we have educated the youth.

 

[Ploughboy]

Good topic, and very necessary too. I've worked with lots of younger people who cannot perform simple tasks. I could never train them how to do anything. They smoke too much pot and cannot concentrate on their job. I have never seen such incompetence among young people in the labor force before recent years. They are so used to be rewarded for nothing they lack the competitive skills to advance themselves on the job market. While not all young people are like this, most of them tend to be. Very hard for businesses to hire younger people now as if they do they could go right out of business.

 

[Serenity]

Good topic, and very necessary too. I've worked with lots of younger people who cannot perform simple tasks. I could never train them how to do anything. They smoke too much pot and cannot concentrate on their job. I have never seen such incompetence among young people in the labor force before recent years. They are so used to be rewarded for nothing they lack the competitive skills to advance themselves on the job market. While not all young people are like this, most of them tend to be. Very hard for businesses to hire younger people now as if they do they could go right out of business.

That hasn't been my experience. I have a lot more faith generally in our young ones than you appear to do. I'm proud of the commitment and dedication my younger workmates show on a day to day basis and the worth ethics of younger people in general that I am familiar with.