On Jul 15, 6:58=A0am, mels...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
(Robert Melson) wrote:
> In article
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> =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 "Peter H.M. Brooks" <Peter.H.M.Bro...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> writes:
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> > On Jul 14, 6:31=3DA0pm, mels...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
(Robert Melson)
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> >> Part of the problem, at least here in the US, is that geography is
> >> no longer part of the curriculum at any level of the
> >> educational process. =3DA0
>
> > What is still to be found in curricula, these days there?
>
> It sometimes seems like very little. =A0Keep in mind, though, that
> each state sets it overall educational policy, notwithstanding the
> involvement of the national government. =A0So, what's true in
> Florida might not be true in North Dakota.
>
> <opinion>
> To my mind - and I'll confess to being something of a conservative
> curmudgeon - a good part of the problem lies in the colleges of
> education and the teachers' unions. =A0Both, it seems to me, have a
> vested interest in failure.
> </opinion>
>
I think you'll find that failure is spelt; 'all shall have prizes'.
Lewis Carroll was, of course, a mathematician, so he'd have been
perfectly aware when he penned this remark, intended only as the most
extreme satire, that saying 'all have won' is equivalent to saying
that 'all have lost'.
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