Really? I thought it was just tactfully called "parenting"...

>> ^shuac:

He was trained to call his parents? Noiyce!


Yep, it's right there in the manual on page 38...

Situation: You Just F*&king Shot Yourself in the Leg.

Step 1: Call Parents.

Somebody should use a belt on these so called "parents" I would be more than happy to do this ! I would love to kick their idot ass!

Here are a few thoughts at to why:

* Teaching and inspiring others to learn is exceptionally valuable. Apparently, you don't believe teaching is, which is insane. Why is inventing something more valuable than teaching and/or inspiring perhaps multiple inventors? They both are extremely valuable.

* They love to teach.

* They believe in the value of what they do over monetary rewards.

* They actually do move on to other professions that pay a hell of a lot better. That's why I began transitioning into IT, although later it was also because the job sucked because it was less and less about teaching and more about standardized test scores, ensuring every bit of the state curriculum was mentioned in class but not taught well at all, calling parents for the 20,000th time to let them know their child is failing/hasn't brought their signed report card/missing library books, etc. So it's a self-fulfilling prophecy. People fight to keep teacher salaries low, so on average the talented people quit the profession to make more money. Then those people who fought to keep their salaries low can say, "SEE? TEACHERS SUCK!" Eventually though you won't find enough people willing to be teachers, which is where we are today.

And yet I wonder why these super geniuses settle for teaching instead of using just some of the myriad of skills you listed and become the next big inventor, or the next great physicist, or the next big whatever. Yet instead, even with those over-qualifications (if we're to take your word for it), they choose to work so much harder for fewer rewards (again if we're to take your word).

>> ^rougy:

^ Hey! Why stop there!
Keep them locked in the closet and feed them through a doggie door.
Maybe you forgot what it was to be like when you were eleven (11) years old.
I'm sure your folks knew where you were and what you were doing every minute of the day.


Yes.... And?

As do I mine now. It's called parenting.

Wonder why there are adults who should not be or cannot be turned loose, much less children?

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In the case of the Beatles, who's to say the school McCartney and Harrison went to didn't foster their musical creativity? This guy has unrealistic expectations of a school's goals and what it should accomplish with its education. I'd go as far as to say they're elitist at best.

I can tell you from my own experience working at schools that the myth of "troublemakers get all the attention" is flat out wrong. Again from my experience. The same goes for "those who could be great" being consistently missed, what does that even mean? There's nothing speaking for that statement being in the least true, but even if a teacher doesn't abandon his class to go foster a child prodigy's ego, it won't mean that the child prodigy would suddenly lose its gift. There's this little thing called parents who also have a responsibility to help raise and educate their children. But then again I don't really understand what the whole "those who could be great" thing means, or why that should be the case.
Try giving the teachers classes of fewer than 30 students and fewer classes each semester aswell as the time and funding they desperately need, and you'll see the level of educational standards raised significantly. Because most teacher working full-time have over a hundred different students to teach each semester, all with different levels of knowledge and various abilities to learn. That means it's simply impossible to give every child full attention all the time. It would be wonderful if each student could get all the help they wanted at every moment of the day, but for a democracy to actually function properly you need citizens who can make informed decisions and not just decisions, which is why you can't just discard the numbskulls and focus on the gifted ones.
The guy in the video kept whining over that McCartney wasn't "discovered" in school as if the school itself should've somehow made sure he went and became a Beetle. That shows he fundamentally misunderstood what the goals of the school were. It also shows he was completely oblivious to the fact that McCartney went into music in a community which at the time was heavily biased against the arts, which very well could be attributed to him being subjected to music in school.

Also, there are more than one method used in schools, not only between countries but also between educational systems. But none of them ignores gifted students in favour of troubled ones. Generally, they all subscribe to the idea that we shouldn't actively work to create an educational class system but instead give all children the opportunity for an equal education. That does not mean they're in any way inhibited to go beyond the basic education, in school or after, but instead of ignoring the struggling children there's this crazy idea of leveling the playing field and raising the bar not for a select few but for everyone.
One of the most successful educational forms shown in preschool and gradeschool is with mixed classes of grades 1-3, 4-6 and 7-9, where the students aid the teacher by helping out in teaching each other.

Q: What do you call parents who teach their children abstinence only?
A: Grandparents.

I do feel terribly sorry for Bristol, though. Just imagine what a little bit of knowledge about the birds and the bees could've prevented. And, given what Palin has said before (I'd Oppose Abortion Even If My Own Daughter Was Raped) I surely hope they're not marrying her off to a rapist (btw, what is the age of consent in Alaska?).

Hilarious, he's all bluff, because he knows he can pull it on kids. "Call me dude one more time..." And, you fat pig? What are you going to do, DUDE? "...the sooner you learn that, the longer you're going to live in this world." Is that a threat, officer?

"You disrespected me, this badge, and my department!" No one is under any law mandating respect. I also love it that he seems to think he has authority over anyone -- "Sit down.. did you not just hear me?!" Uh, the kid is under no law to sit down, just because you said so, swine.

The best part is he finally realizes he's being filmed, and ends the video with an ultimatum. Which apparently failed. I'd love to hear how the called parents' opinions changed when they saw the video.

Dude Rivieri, do the world a favor and go pick a fight with a gang of armed drug dealers next time, instead of children.