Quote:Rule 8 : Your school may have done away with winners and losers, but life HAS NOT. In some schools, they have abolished failing grades and they'll give you as MANY TIMES as you want to get the right answer. This doesn't bear the slightest resemblance to ANYTHING in real life.
Back in the 1970's the new-age teachers noticed that clever children had high self-esteem and this led to the practice of not correcting children's school work - don't tell them they spelt the word incorrectly; praise them for making an effort - that would raise their self-esteem and encourage them to learn.
Trouble is, the new-agers got it backwards. The nerds didn't become clever because they had high self-esteem; they had high self-esteem because they were clever.
