[etni] Fw: re: From the British Council

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  • Date: Sun, 8 Jan 2006 20:02:36 +0200

----- Original Message ----- From: Lev Abramov - lev.abramov@xxxxxxxxx
Subject: Re: From the British Council

On 1/8/06, Miriam Greif wrote: 

"You did a great job!  And next time you will do even better."
or
"Why didn't you try harder? You can do better than that!"
They both mean the same, don't they?
Food for thought.

It does not look like food for thought to me - it looks more like wishful thinking. The whole concept is a product of the politically-correct society with little-to-no sense of responsibility, of no connection between performance and assessment. I wonder how many Brits (the article comes from Britain, right?) really appreciate that sort of approach. Most will probably say it's a good way of spoiling a child.

Best regards -

Lev

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