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elSicomoro · 06-30-2007, 02:02 PM

I wonder if we'll ever figure out what a level playing field really is. It's talked about a lot, and a lot of folks think it can be easily implemented. But as people, I think we dislike difference by design and that it's reinforced further as we grow older. It's kinda like communism--nice-sounding in theory, but hard as hell to put into reality.

piercehawkeye45 · 06-30-2007, 04:50 PM

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Originally Posted by sycamore

I wonder if we'll ever figure out what a level playing field really is. It's talked about a lot, and a lot of folks think it can be easily implemented. But as people, I think we dislike difference by design and that it's reinforced further as we grow older. It's kinda like communism--nice-sounding in theory, but hard as hell to put into reality.

Agreed, I don't think a lower class school will ever have the same standards as a higher class school.

Another problem is standardization. That is something that completely ruins the education process. All of my best teachers have been very unorthodox in their methods.

xoxoxoBruce · 07-01-2007, 12:55 PM

A Fooseball table is a level playing field. Who wants to be a Fooseballer, skewered, only moving in unison with the group, limited to two moves? Not me.

07-01-2007, 10:28 PM

I've taught in a school with ten textbooks for every thirty kids, middle-class school. Just slipped between the cracks. Was a bussed school too.
Busing does not work. I was bussed and taught more than one bussed school. The bussed kids just segregate themselves.
The only way to end racism is stop addressing race, make that conversation as DIFFICULT as possible for those that still wish to have it.
I do it in my every day life. It works.
"What?", "I don't understand?", "Huh"?... just keep saying it.
I used to do it to my boss. It is good fun.

07-01-2007, 12:55 PM	#3
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	A Fooseball table is a level playing field. Who wants to be a Fooseballer, skewered, only moving in unison with the group, limited to two moves? Not me. __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

06-30-2007, 02:02 PM	#1
elSicomoro Person who doesn't update the user title Join Date: Jan 2001 Posts: 12,486	I wonder if we'll ever figure out what a level playing field really is. It's talked about a lot, and a lot of folks think it can be easily implemented. But as people, I think we dislike difference by design and that it's reinforced further as we grow older. It's kinda like communism--nice-sounding in theory, but hard as hell to put into reality.

07-01-2007, 10:28 PM	#4
rkzenrage Guest Posts: n/a	I've taught in a school with ten textbooks for every thirty kids, middle-class school. Just slipped between the cracks. Was a bussed school too. Busing does not work. I was bussed and taught more than one bussed school. The bussed kids just segregate themselves. The only way to end racism is stop addressing race, make that conversation as DIFFICULT as possible for those that still wish to have it. I do it in my every day life. It works. "What?", "I don't understand?", "Huh"?... just keep saying it. I used to do it to my boss. It is good fun.

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