[etni] Re: FWD: Model Behavior
- From: judy <judyewc@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: Lev Abramov <lev.abramov@xxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sat, 9 Oct 2010 11:20:53 +0200
.....which is probably why I have had smart-aleck high school students say
to me, "Why do I have to learn to write a formal letter? I'll get my
secretary to do it."
However, that's not my point. My point is that a teacher who assigns
homework that the kids probably can't do themselves, and that their parents
will end up doing, is not teaching them anything. In the case in point,
according to the teacher, the children were supposed to get the feel of what
it was like to go out and build yourself a hut, rather than buying an
apartment. This was supposed to enhance their cultural understanding. I
hope it enhanced their mothers' cultural understanding, at least.
On Sat, Oct 9, 2010 at 9:25 AM, Lev Abramov <lev.abramov@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> On Sat, Oct 9, 2010 at 7:42 AM, judy <judyewc@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>> But what did they learn? That ... their success was dependent on getting
>> other people to do things for them?
>>
>
> Ironically, this is probably the most important lesson they would have
> learned, and the answer to Judy's question is Yes.
>
> In our company, operators work 10 hours daily on the production floor, and
> they make under $20K a month.
>
> I have earned graduate degrees from 3 universities - and I have to work 8
> hours a day (overseeing training development) making about $45K a year.
>
> My boss - the general manager of the Israeli facility of the company -
> makes much more and he certainly does not directly participate in any
> production process.
>
> The CEO of the company in NJ makes $45K/month - and, as you have correctly
> guessed by now, his well-being is directly dependent on how well he can get
> other people work for him.
>
> Are you sure you still want to insist the kids have to learn how to build
> houses of sticks on their own? Read Mark Twain again. Tom Sawyer School of
> Fence Whitewash Management is the best textbook one can think of, in terms
> of the above deliberations...
>
> Best -
>
> Lev
>
> --
> Lev ABRAMOV
> http://il.linkedin.com/in/levabramov
>
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