[CAUT] From: This Is True

[Conrad Hoffsommer]

At 14:12 2/9/2005, you wrote:
>In a message dated 2/9/05 11:52:21 A.M. Central Standard Time, 
>atodd@uh.edu writes:
>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.
>
>Then I guess band contest, baseball tournaments, and being the class 
>valedictorian are on their way out, too. Heaven forbid, we don't want to 
>give the smart and outstanding children a complex.
>
>Wim



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