kayanation said:
In your particular case you had committed teachers.
Is that the norm in schools such as the one you attended?
If not then systematic changes need to be made.
It is NOT enough to say the system is broken but "I made it so anyone should be able to make it".
The reality is that we might not be able to help everyone but we can help the average child so that they have a better opportunity than the one we had.
That is how generations progress, not by isolationism but by inter-connectivity.
Selfishness cannot lead to the progress of mankind but rather by social responsibility we evolve as humans...........
hmmmmm
Too socially idealistic.
Mankind progresses through competition not social responsibility.
Social responsibility bogs society down.
(Think about being in a class and learing a new concept. Let's say that as an individual you learn the concept quickly mastering it in minutes.)
Do you:
A. Ask the teacher for the directions for next concept
B. Sit quietly and wait for you classmates to catch up
C. Help those classmates who are not learning the concept as quickly.
Now, I will tell you this about the answer to the scenario that I just gave.
Different schools/districts will choose different answers
in American society which is partly responsible for the wedges driven between academic standards and expectations throughout this country.
And unfortunately...
the only correct answer is the answer that aligns to how a particular society's economical hierarchy has been established.
(If the top people in a society didnt reach their positions by leading their slower classmates by the hands....then that method wont be adequate in that particular society).
Now, in a small homogeneous society....socialism works...but in a sloppy heterogeneous society with exclusive cultures, ethnicities, and economic brackets....socialism always causes separatism and the worst kind of competition through solidarity, pride,....and "citizen xenophobia".
Our schools have no set standard of spiritual appreciation, our society has no set standards of ethical/moral expectations, our society has no isolated history to disseminate upon the gowning generation to instill pride, and therefore our kids have no hope, because they will not be able to hold a candle to the competition across the globe with countries
that have had these traditional values for decades....and US companies wont hesitate to recruit internationally.
And you cant logically fault the cat who you replied to when he said "I made it".
Thats his Americanism shining through.
It's not his responsibility to worry about those who dont make it....only himself and his family.
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