[CAUT] From: This Is True

[Jeff Tanner]

Just so ya'll will feel better:

http://www.worldnetdaily.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=42659

Jeff

On Wednesday, February 9, 2005, at 12:45 PM, Avery Todd wrote:

> Makes one wonder what's being taught at the universities we work for. 
> :-(
>
> Avery
>
> BEE BEEN BANNED: Schools in Lincoln, R.I., have canceled the annual
>   spelling bee competition. Assistant Superintendent of Schools Linda
>   Newman said the decision was unanimous, and was because the "No Child
>   Left Behind says all kids must reach high standards," but a spelling
>   bee is "about one kid winning, several making it to the top and 
> leaving
>   all others behind. That's contrary to No Child Left Behind." A 
> spelling
>   bee "sends a message that this isn't an all-kids movement" as it 
> leaves
>   "some kids being winners, some kids being losers." That just won't 
> do,
>   she says, since "You have to build positive self-esteem for all kids,
>   so they believe they're all winners." (Woonsocket Call) ...Asinine.
>   A-S-I-N-I-N-E. Asinine.
>
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