The word "fail" should be banned from use in British classrooms and replaced with the phrase "deferred success" to avoid demoralizing pupils, a group of teachers has proposed.Let's treat little Johnny with kid gloves. Be all nice, soft and tender while he's going to school. Then let's turn him loose in the "real" world. See how he gets along in a world where people are not so PC. See how long he lasts.
Members of the Professional Association of Teachers (PAT) argue that telling pupils they have failed can put them off learning for life.
Some people thrive on weakness. The business or working world has as much of a food chain as the animal kingdom. A little tough love and failure definitely ain't going to hinder a child's developement. But teaching kids that everyone in this world is all kind and nice is going to get them chewed up and their bones spit out when they try to make it in life.
2 comments:
Amen!! If your kid can't handle the word fail, then take away his fucking playstation and make the brat study!
I don't like to fail either, that's why I work hard...
This is like that one school district not long ago that outlawed the use of red for grading papers, because it seemed 'harsh' and 'blame-assigning' or some such bullshit.
I would say 'unbelieveable,' but unfortunately it is.
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