Mingle2 apple store icon
Try Mingle2 app for better experience
Community Recent My Topics
Community > Politics, Current News & Events
Topic: College Students Want to Eliminate Grades & Exams
Reply
no photo

SassyEuro2

Thu 05/26/16 05:21 AM




Sounds like a sort of made up problem. One of those "if you go looking, you WILL find whiny people who say crap like this" deals.

I've been hearing this exact same story since I was a very little kid. It gave me hope when I was six, that I might eventually find school to be a lot easier, but of course, nothing ever came of it.

There's ALWAYS a group of people who decide to protest this or that, and who an outraged media-type decides to spotlight, because they know it will rile the rest of us up.

It's the leading cause of a seemingly endless repetition of the classic old codger rant that goes "the kids today are a bunch of wimps!"



So for the past 2-3 years, colleges & the media have been exaggerating or lying ... just to make new minority Progressives, look like whiney brats.

There is NO real equally, (in all things, for everyone), nor should there be. That never was & will NEVER be the REAL world. And these ADULTS need to put their big boy pants on.
And face consequences.

If they want to feel equal, they can run home to mama & hear her say,
" I love ALL you kids the same "




the problems start with "participation" trophies... nobody has to try, just have to show up...


Yep, late 1980's or early 1990's.
I guess we (or our whole generation), said. WTF!?
msharmony's photo

msharmony

Thu 05/26/16 05:51 AM

there are always those extreme views, those everything or nothing activists,,,


I don't know when we became a nation beyond looking to the examples of others to learn from

there are examples of educational systems that are working in this world, I'm sure

I doubt they eliminated the ability to document progress(grades)
mightymoe's photo

mightymoe

Thu 05/26/16 05:57 AM


there are always those extreme views, those everything or nothing activists,,,


I don't know when we became a nation beyond looking to the examples of others to learn from

there are examples of educational systems that are working in this world, I'm sure

I doubt they eliminated the ability to document progress(grades)


the problem (imo) isn't about grading, it's about whiny, spoiled kids that haven't been taught that hard work gets them further in life than sitting down and crying about things...
msharmony's photo

msharmony

Thu 05/26/16 05:09 PM

there are plenty of problems,, a comprehensive look should be taken at approaches that actually work to address how children learn best and implement practices that include those outcomes
mightymoe's photo

mightymoe

Thu 05/26/16 05:32 PM


there are plenty of problems,, a comprehensive look should be taken at approaches that actually work to address how children learn best and implement practices that include those outcomes


it worked for 300 years before obama...
msharmony's photo

msharmony

Thu 05/26/16 05:45 PM



there are plenty of problems,, a comprehensive look should be taken at approaches that actually work to address how children learn best and implement practices that include those outcomes


it worked for 300 years before obama...


you've got to be joking
msharmony's photo

msharmony

Thu 05/26/16 06:17 PM

theres checks and balances, or should be


no abuse of authority, but reasonable expectation and compensation,,

people shouldn't feel emotionally or financially blackmailed into accepting abuse by authority


but , quality education , makes for better policy and better workers
mightymoe's photo

mightymoe

Thu 05/26/16 06:17 PM




there are plenty of problems,, a comprehensive look should be taken at approaches that actually work to address how children learn best and implement practices that include those outcomes


it worked for 300 years before obama...


you've got to be joking


none what so ever... all obarrys fault...
msharmony's photo

msharmony

Thu 05/26/16 06:19 PM

laugh no hope for you
mightymoe's photo

mightymoe

Thu 05/26/16 06:25 PM


laugh no hope for you


lol... just my thinking when you and the libs were blaming bush for everything...
msharmony's photo

msharmony

Thu 05/26/16 06:53 PM



laugh no hope for you


lol... just my thinking when you and the libs were blaming bush for everything...



I wasn't here then

haven't blamed one person or given one person credit for america
msharmony's photo

msharmony

Thu 05/26/16 07:11 PM

so you never heard of workplace harassment, or workplace discrimination,,

and just think employers should have no standards they should follow

and any standards they don't follow the employee should just say thank you sir , may I have some more,,,,

just because a paycheck is involved?



well, to each their own,, I don't believe employers should be excused for anything and everything just because they pay an employee
Edited by msharmony on Thu 05/26/16 07:12 PM
Smartazzjohn's photo

Smartazzjohn

Thu 05/26/16 07:23 PM

This is the "everything has to be equal" mentality.

The how hard you work should have nothing to do with the outcome mentality.

It's does nothing but perpetuate laziness if hard work isn't rewarded whether it's in school or the workplace.
msharmony's photo

msharmony

Thu 05/26/16 10:07 PM


This is the "everything has to be equal" mentality.

The how hard you work should have nothing to do with the outcome mentality.

It's does nothing but perpetuate laziness if hard work isn't rewarded whether it's in school or the workplace.


I didn't state anything like that, that is a total misstatement in fact



since when does having a checks and balances, and standards for employers, mean that hard work shouldn't be expected?

Smartazzjohn's photo

Smartazzjohn

Thu 05/26/16 10:13 PM



This is the "everything has to be equal" mentality.

The how hard you work should have nothing to do with the outcome mentality.

It's does nothing but perpetuate laziness if hard work isn't rewarded whether it's in school or the workplace.


I didn't state anything like that, that is a total misstatement in fact



since when does having a checks and balances, and standards for employers, mean that hard work shouldn't be expected?




Did I quote ANYTHING YOU SAID? Do you think all comments revolve around what you say?

My comment was about the SUBJECT OF THE THREAD!!! slaphead
msharmony's photo

msharmony

Thu 05/26/16 10:21 PM




This is the "everything has to be equal" mentality.

The how hard you work should have nothing to do with the outcome mentality.

It's does nothing but perpetuate laziness if hard work isn't rewarded whether it's in school or the workplace.


I didn't state anything like that, that is a total misstatement in fact



since when does having a checks and balances, and standards for employers, mean that hard work shouldn't be expected?




Did I quote ANYTHING YOU SAID? Do you think all comments revolve around what you say?

My comment was about the SUBJECT OF THE THREAD!!! slaphead




my mistake then, it was posted right after mine, causing it to seem like a response

mightymoe's photo

mightymoe

Fri 05/27/16 09:11 AM




laugh no hope for you


lol... just my thinking when you and the libs were blaming bush for everything...



I wasn't here then

haven't blamed one person or given one person credit for america


yea, your memory is pretty short termed...

Conrad_73's photo

Conrad_73

Fri 05/27/16 09:20 AM



This is the "everything has to be equal" mentality.

The how hard you work should have nothing to do with the outcome mentality.

It's does nothing but perpetuate laziness if hard work isn't rewarded whether it's in school or the workplace.


I didn't state anything like that, that is a total misstatement in fact



since when does having a checks and balances, and standards for employers, mean that hard work shouldn't be expected?



mixing Apples and Oranges again?
Checks and Balances refers to the Separation of Power in the Government!
Ain't got a thing to do with Private Business!
So,I wonder why you are mentioning them in the same Breath,in the same Sentence!
msharmony's photo

msharmony

Fri 05/27/16 05:18 PM




This is the "everything has to be equal" mentality.

The how hard you work should have nothing to do with the outcome mentality.

It's does nothing but perpetuate laziness if hard work isn't rewarded whether it's in school or the workplace.


I didn't state anything like that, that is a total misstatement in fact



since when does having a checks and balances, and standards for employers, mean that hard work shouldn't be expected?



mixing Apples and Oranges again?
Checks and Balances refers to the Separation of Power in the Government!
Ain't got a thing to do with Private Business!
So,I wonder why you are mentioning them in the same Breath,in the same Sentence!



its called English and its many contexts


checks and balances can refer to any organization, actually

but that's not really significant to the response I gave to the false accusation of what I posted
no photo

alnewman

Fri 05/27/16 05:58 PM

Even better idea, just eliminate college. They can keep the all the debt, have little liberal get togethers, indoctrinate each other and still remain the perfect little slaves (citizens) without all that stress.