[etni] Fw: bobarded adi's final response
- From: "Ask_Etni" <ask@xxxxxxxx>
- To: "ETNI" <etni@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sun, 19 Jul 2009 06:49:41 +0300
Subject: bobarded adi's final response
From: Adi Orian <austenorian@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
I find it interesting that the ones who support my view answer me personally
and not on the list... I fear for the democratic process...
So, final one, please move on to another strand please...
I am not an advocate or a believer of the "slippery slope" theory that some
of you are proposing...Things are not always as related to one another
Are you seriously equating terrorism/medical neglect and more to...children
cheating on an exam to get a better grade????
I refuse to believe that none of the teachers on the list has ever
lied/cheated/tricked as a child or even, dare I say, as an adult! If you
insist, I will propose the possibility that you are "sugarcoating" your life
to match the "holier than thou" attitude you've taken! All of you giving
private tutorials without paying taxes, please answer carefully...!
I honestly said that I tricked teachers in school, and therefore I can say
as honestly that I've done nothing else in that "family"
My attitude is not so much casual as differential, that is that one cannot
deduce so much and foresee the gloomiest future from a child's deceptive
behaviour. If this becomes a way of life, that's a different matter and
should involve our good example and education.
For instance, I ask the students to write their book reports alone (without
parental help) - the parents themselves insist on helping, thus actually
cheating, until I lower the student's grade for using parental assistance (I
then give a higher grade to the student who did work alone!). That is my
example for both students and parents and it works.
Like I said, it is about testing boundaries, which is a good, fruitful
thing, as well as about observing their limitations.
If all goes well, the student grows up learning that "crime doesn't pay" for
many reasons, not just for penalty, but for dignity, etc. The problem is
that our education system is so easy to trick that kids grow up learning
that it does actually pay to cheat.. an issue for an entirely separate
e-mail chain...:)
Adi
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