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This sort of seems like outrage porn. We don't know anything about the competitive atmosphere in this particular school, so we should be careful about comparing
by chomp 7y ago
This sort of seems like outrage porn. We don't know anything about the competitive atmosphere in this particular school, so we should be careful about comparing to our own personal experiences.
My opinion: I do understand wanting to encourage students to lay off and enjoy their childhoods, but I feel like the accolades could have been preserved while encouraging a healthy school/life balance.
- ZeroGravitas 7y agoI've never really understood the popularity of this particular strain of outrage. I thought the science supported rewarding effort rather than success to generate more success. And even before that, I implicitly felt that rewarding one sports team of toddlers with medals and denying them to another was cruel and counterproductive. So participation trophies seem like a good thing to me. Is the idea that we need to be cruel to be kind? Or is there some hidden connection to "lesser" people being given advantages? Similar to how people turn against sensible systems for healthcare if they think certain demographics might benefit. Does it just come down to a preference for hierarchies? I feel like I need a "know your meme"-like explanatory site for these kind of things. Maybe I can find out why people think common core is the work of the devil too.