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And the loser is...

{ 10:32, 2008-Feb-21 } { Link }
...and the loser is: Everyone.  Yeah, that's right, everyone loses.

I'm just disgusted.  Last night Jake had his first science fair.  His project was awesome.  He made a rudimentary light bulb and changed filaments to see which ones would last longest.  It was really good.

So at lunch, the judges looked everybody's stuff over whoever looked at Jake's seemed impressed.  He told him that he had a chance of winning first prize.  How cool is that, huh?  Yeah, the kid was nutso all night.  He had no appetite, he behaved like a little butt because he couldn't get a grip on himself.  He did what any kid would do. he got wired.

Karen went with him and I watched the babies.  The awards were at night.  After a while Karen called.  Jake won first prize!!  I was so proud of him I yelled.  Yeah.  But it gets better.

He won one of about 40 first prizes.  That's not even possible.  What he got is one of 40 first prize ribbons that mean less than the cheap crap they're made of.   It's not that I'm upset because he didn't win.  That doesn't matter at all.  What does matter is that these...educators...are robbing the kids of the experience of learning how to in or lose.  Words escape me on this.  Forty first prizes and there weren't even different categories. 

I don't believe for a second that the universities and education boards are dumb enough to think this is good.  I think they WANT us to think they're stupid, but they're not. 

Sure Sally McCookiebaker, All American soccer mom, with the ever present Nike jogging pants and the blue tooth earpiece always on her pushes it too.  Her precious little overweight insecure effeminate little Tyler-shnookems should never experience a bad mood or disappointment of any kind.  Her job is not to help her kids navigate life when it's hard as well as easy, her job is to make sure that the world molds to her baby's mood until the day comes that he moves out, freeing up a TON of vacation money.  He's been officially molded into food.  He will be eaten.

And that's my point, the molders of our education system know this.  You don't run universities, countries and gargantuan billion dollar corporations with out understanding psychology.  Maybe the head shrinkers at the local level buy it, or maybe they're going along just to keep food on the table.  

My contention is that people in charge know exactly how to mold kids.  They learned it from the Nazis.  Yeah, I know, there I go again, but it's true.  Those guys got stuff done and more than a few people outside of Germany picked up on the effectiveness of his machine. 

In the arena of globalization, our nation and it's kids are being molded into mindless worker bees.  Don't think for a moment our borders or patriotism mean one thing to people who worship money.  Churches operate across all countries.

40 first place ribbons defy logic.  I just want to barf all over the principle's face.  Chocolate  shake and chili barf, too.  So my plan is to approach him on the next opportunity and tell him that I was so impressed with the science fair tactic, I would really love to see him start handing out perfect grades to every kid no matter how bad the work.  My little Jakester needs the boost.  He's a good kid and if I can shelter him from every experience that he doesn't just love to death, I most certainly will. He'll be so much happier then. 

I have to go to Wendy's now.  They have what I need.

/-)
sgr


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