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Speaking of straw men... Did you read what I posted or make up something in your mind based upon your preconceptions? All I said was that praise should be des
by crusso 15y ago
Speaking of straw men...
Did you read what I posted or make up something in your mind based upon your preconceptions?
All I said was that praise should be deserved. When you disconnect someone's mental model from reality, it has consequences.
- ajross 15y agoWhen you start your post with a phrase like "folly" that "litters the corpse of the American educational system", I think it's a little disingenuous to claim that "all" you said was that praise should be deserved. You have an axe to grind, and you picked up a stone from this article to do it. But the article isn't about broad education policy, it's about very narrow findings in psychology. So yes, your post looks to me like a poorly-informed, knee jerk flame. History, if you will, is littered with the corpses of people who thought they knew exactly how to fix the american educational system (or whatever: pick your policy obsession, it's all the same).