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Date Posted: 15:18:27 02/22/10 Mon
Author: EJetson
Subject: Re: The Amazing Race
In reply to: Nolij 's message, "Re: The Amazing Race" on 12:23:19 02/22/10 Mon

>>Common and the sign of today's poor education system.
>
>How is the inability of people to tell time the fault
>of The Education System? When did it become okay for
>people to take no responsibility for their own
>ignorance. The bulk of the accountability lies on the
>individual (and to the extent that individuals in
>school are too young to fully understand the concept,
>their parents). Blaming "The System" is a fancy way
>of saying "My shortcomings are someone else's fault."
>The inability of thousands or millions of people to
>tell time is reflective of thousands or millions of
>people making the individual decision that telling
>time is not important to them.

Parents are involved in the education system. I don't want this to turn into an argument about the education system. Children can't decide for themselves what is important.

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