---------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Shelley Howell - xyermomx@hotmail.com E-mail List: cekimmell@yahoo.com, donandre@pacbell.net, GSpagnoli@mrsfields.com, boisejrh@cableone.net, kennysboxwine@aol.com, littleguyusa@factsforreality.net, will4088@msn.com, maryreid83705@yahoo.com, DAllgeier@mragta.com, weeeeeter@hotmail.com, steve.day@honeywell.com, jimgoodrich@cox.net Additional E-mails: beverlyfreel@yahoo.com, lynn.cooper@oracle.com Expanded List: cekimmell@yahoo.com, donandre@pacbell.net, GSpagnoli@mrsfields.com, boisejrh@cableone.net, kennysboxwine@aol.com, littleguyusa@factsforreality.net, will4088@msn.com, maryreid83705@yahoo.com, DAllgeier@mragta.com, weeeeeter@hotmail.com, steve.day@honeywell.com, jimgoodrich@cox.net, SeismicSK8@aol.com, montylittle@shaw.ca, nano@dwindle.com Subject: Advice From Charles Sykes - This Should Be Posted In All Schools And Work Places Date: November 25, 2013 Filename: DumbingDownOurKids-AdviceFromCharlesSykes.txt Graphic Version: DumbingDownOurKids-AdviceFromCharlesSykes-710x1225.gif ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Credit was originally given to Bill Gates. Lillis corrected this source. From: Stefan Lillis Åkesson - Facebook Post - November 26, 2013 Charles Sykes Dumbing Down Our Kids: Why American Children Feel Good About Themselves But Can't Read, Write, or Add This is an excerpt from the book "Dumbing Down our Kids" by educator Charles Sykes. Sykes argues that educators' emphasis on egalitarianism and building self-esteem have caused an eroding of true learning in the American classroom. ---------- Description Dumbing Down Our Kids is a searing indictment of America's secondary schools-one that every parent and teacher should read. Dumbing Down Our Kids offers a full-scale investigation of the new educational fad, sometimes called "Outcome Based Education" - the latest in a long series of "reforms" that has eroded our schools. -Why our kids rank to, or at the bottom of international tests in math and science -Why "self-esteem" has supplanted grades and genuine achievements -How the educational establishment lowers standards and quality in our schools-while continuing to raise their budgets and our school taxes -The dumbing down of the curriculum so everyone can pass-but no one excel -How parents, students, and teachers can evaluate schools and restore quality learning ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Charles Sykes "Dumbing Down Our Kids: Why American Children Feel Good About Themselves But Can't Read, Write, or Add" This Should Be Posted In All Schools And Work Places Dumbing Down Our Kids offers a full-scale investigation of the new educational fad, sometimes called "Outcome Based Education" - the latest in a long series of "reforms" that has eroded our schools. This exerpt talks about how feel-good, politically correct teachings created a generation of kids with no concept of reality and how this concept set them up for failure in the real world. Rule 1: Life is not fair - get used to it! Rule 2: The world won't care about your self-esteem. The world will expect you to accomplish something BEFORE you feel good about yourself. Rule 3: You will NOT make $60,000 a year right out of high school. You won't be a vice-president with a car phone until you earn both. Rule 4: If you think your teacher is tough, wait till you get a boss. Rule 5: Flipping burgers is not beneath your dignity. Your Grandparents had a different word for burger flipping: they called it opportunity. Rule 6: If you mess up, it's not your parents' fault, so don't whine about your mistakes, learn from them. Rule 7: Before you were born, your parents weren't as boring as they are now. They got that way from paying your bills,cleaning your clothes and listening to you talk about how cool you thought you were. So before you save the rain forest from the parasites of your parent's generation, try delousing the closet in your own room. Rule 8: Your school may have done away with winners and losers, but life HAS NOT. In some schools, they have abolished failing grades and they'll give you as MANY TIMES as you want to get the right answer. This doesn't bear the slightest resemblance to ANYTHING in real life. Rule 9: Life is not divided into semesters. You don't get summers off and very few employers are interested in helping you FIND YOURSELF. Do that on your own time. Rule 10: Television is NOT real life. In real life, people actually have to leave the coffee shop and go to jobs. Rule 11: Be nice to nerds. Chances are you'll end up working for one. IF You Agree, Pass It On. If You Can Read This, Thank A Teacher! ----------------------------------------------------------------------