“It Takes Money to Make Money” Yet another example of the basic dishonesty of the North American economic model is the attitude of business towards competition. Ask any businessperson about competition, and you’ll find universal approval. However, once business is rolling, the first objective is to get rid of the competition. The legitimate way is…
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The Harm of Competitive Testing
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This meme appeared on Facebook last week. Perhaps it isn’t a coincidence that at the same time in my local paper, The Delta Teacher’s Association posted an add saying “Cancel the Foundation Skills Assessment Tests.” The B. C. government still believes in testing children against norms of age and grade, and teachers have been protesting…
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The Competition Lie
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Last week I talked about the falsehood that has been used to push the elitist sports programs. “You can be anything you want.” Which any fool can tell you is complete balderdash, and telling average children this lie causes a lot more trouble than the benefit of the positive motivation it provides future…
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The Olympic Lie
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First, let’s get one thing straight. I approve of the Olympics in general. Higher, faster, stronger and all that. I understand how necessary it is to have an ideal to push for. It draws a lot of people into participating in sports, and into being spectators for sports. However It is the use to which…