1. Teachers get little money.
2. Teachers get little respect.
3. Management is overbearing.
4. Too few good teachers. (See #1, #2, and #3)
5. Tasks such as photocopying, grading, seting up outings, etc. take far too much time from teachers.
6. Students are grouped by age; not grades, intelligence(s), or interests.
7. Teaching to the middle, or teaching to the bottom. (See #5)
8. Skipping or failing a grade is nearly impossible. (Solved by #5)
9. Curriculum relies on massive amounts of memorization, repetition, and redundancy between successive classes.
10. Limited classic curriculum; informal logic and foreign languages are supposed to be very good in k-4, or so. (High School Philosophy or Economics wouldn't be so bad...)
11. A hostile student environment; the reverse-social-Darwinism of "jocks" and "nerds."
"While humans are going through their developmental years (under 18), any influences they are exposed to are bound to affect their attitudes throughout adulthood."
Of course, for any age, but the question is how much of what effect per stimulus.
"When their primary recreation is a simulated rehearsal of a murder spree, it cannot be a good thing."
Yes it can. Child psychologists have found that young boys grow up naturally playing cops and robbers and wresteling, but become a little "distorted" sometimes when all such play is suppressed. Simulated murder sprees might not be a bad thing.
It would, of course, be dishonest to single out computer games as a source of developmental aberrations."
It would be dishonest to state or imply any connection without further evidence.
"Television has long been a cause of increased violence, with numerous studies pointing to increases in violent behaviour as high as 150%."
Well, what studies? If the increase in violence is that high, is it causal? If it is (somehow) causal, is it the imagery or the sedentary lifestyle that changes brain chemistry for the worse?
"Advertising and music present children with role models that are actually dangerous for children to try to emulate, from ultrasadistic rappers to impossibly beautiful fashion models."
Why are kids emulating media? I doubt a kid will go out and become a gangster. And isn't it intuitive that ultra-thin is not only less beautiful, but unhealthy? A child isn't thinking right before such emulations.
"I say, a society that does not defend itself from the corruption of it's youth is a society in decline."
Corruption is too harsh a word to use for this situation. Our society will not decline because some small percent of our girls don't want to eat enough.
"It is time for a higher power to step in."
I'd like more evidence of a problem first. Plus, sorting and then filtering media in this kind of censorship always has huge gaping holes. (And, massive culture fixes are best proposed outside the argument trying to prove the cultural problems.)
"If something like this is not implemented soon, we face a downhill slide into violence and depravity, as surely as the Roman empire collapsed into decadence."
HA!! Things are NOT going to get all that worse because of some rough video game play and thin models! You see things as far too fragile. And just how does Rome connect to this?
His work is so expansive, so fundimental, and so generalized that the original books from the early 70's still apply today. It's really amazing.
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Men get paid only a fraction of a % more PER HOUR!! Men work more hours on average. Look it up.
Women are less likely to be punished in car related crimes (speeding, say)--even though the stats show more are being committed by women than men.
As for rape, women don't need to worry about the guy next to them. Less than 1% of Americans beat or rape women, or engage in child abuse. Sure that's still a lot of people, but it's not every man on the subway--and not the 30-40% reported by some extreme feminist groups.
You want to know anti-man action? American schools have researched for years how to improve scholastic performance of girls (a good thing). But, boys are now dropping out of school in great numbers, less are going to college, and few read that well anymore. Why? The boys are being ignored as girls are being focused on--after all, boys have an advantage at birth, right?
Even worse, many young kids (k-2) are being told that, essentially, boys are violent little monsters and need to be forced to pay nice--even though "voilent" play is necessary and leads to a more calm, emotionally stable future. Any charactor building for young men, such as making gentlemen, is shunned.
The roles are reversed and boys are being screwed. Have a good laugh.
Just a tecnhical point, but I considered the best Capitalist vs Communist point to be the Hayek "Command economies take control from those who know what they're doing." argument.
VERY rough summary: In a free market, millions of people have the chance to break off into new directions and demand creates markets, but command economies put the decisions into the hands of a few people who (naturally) don't understand everything as well as the specialists in the markets, who don't maintain markets as well, and who rarely create new markets.
Of course, you could just say the goal of communism is to MAKE everyone equal by eliminating the class systems, but it instead imposes classes--negating the possibility of TREATING everyone equal.
I almost forgot THE main point of Planet of the Apes.
As humans get smarter, they get more destructive.
I would say "more capable of destruction", but (here's the thing) less prone. Look at any conflict and tell me it wouldn't end if both sides really thought about it.
It's biggest lesson is 60's era sophestry.
About 30 minutes into the 6th Sense and it's all figured out--leaving only the slow entertained.
The Shawshank Redemption ends with the cast playing out their assigned and expected roles. No shocks expeced or recieved.
The Planet of the Apes ends as anyone would expect. It looks like earth, and has ape-things similar to earth's, but is desolate. We obviously nuked everything. If you think it's a shock to be in New York, go ahead...
As for meaning:
The 6th Sense is dry here.
The Shawshank Redemption's lessons are all standard "majority of americans agree" type lessons; few changes in opinion or view come from this.
The Planet of the Apes.... since we're all equal, roles can be reversed, and when done, it sucks--a verbose "do unto others". And, if we nuke the earth (plausible), it will suck--Oooh golly.
This is the first time since "Voices from the Hellmouth" that I thought Katz was on anything less than crack. For the most part, on this movie, I agree with him. (Take beating here...)
He's too critical (as usual), but the points--likely generalizations about most modern movies--have merit. I agree and you can mod me any way you like!
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"Due to that sports requirement"
"lacrosse"
I get the impression this is a very unusual school.
or maybe they just hated other attributes of the other guy more?
1. Teachers get little money.
2. Teachers get little respect.
3. Management is overbearing.
4. Too few good teachers. (See #1, #2, and #3)
5. Tasks such as photocopying, grading, seting up outings, etc. take far too much time from teachers.
6. Students are grouped by age; not grades, intelligence(s), or interests.
7. Teaching to the middle, or teaching to the bottom. (See #5)
8. Skipping or failing a grade is nearly impossible. (Solved by #5)
9. Curriculum relies on massive amounts of memorization, repetition, and redundancy between successive classes.
10. Limited classic curriculum; informal logic and foreign languages are supposed to be very good in k-4, or so. (High School Philosophy or Economics wouldn't be so bad...)
11. A hostile student environment; the reverse-social-Darwinism of "jocks" and "nerds."
Hit it the gut.
..then kicked.
For every scare, just change "the children" to "me."
Comic books cause children's delinquency. Band them.
Comic books cause my delinquency. Ban them.
Video games cause children's violence. Ban them.
Video games cause my violence. Ban them.
Children need protection from TV.
I need protection from TV.
It really puts perspective on what's going on.
Sure Communism has a connotation, but "Whatch out! It's a Communist!" is also in the American memory.
McCarthyism doesn't bring respect to an argument--or it's maker. It's the first thing I think of when someone starts comparing something to Communism.
And for that matter, I'm tired of people and things always being compared to Fascists and Nazis.
Good point.
Games that seem to stimulate the mind either do it directly (chess, go) or have a lot of real social interaction (online gaming, lan parties).
You're right again. Agreement posts are boring.
You could just replace communist with statist and satisfy most people.
"While humans are going through their developmental years (under 18), any influences they are exposed to are bound to affect their attitudes throughout adulthood."
Of course, for any age, but the question is how much of what effect per stimulus.
"When their primary recreation is a simulated rehearsal of a murder spree, it cannot be a good thing."
Yes it can. Child psychologists have found that young boys grow up naturally playing cops and robbers and wresteling, but become a little "distorted" sometimes when all such play is suppressed. Simulated murder sprees might not be a bad thing.
It would, of course, be dishonest to single out computer games as a source of developmental aberrations."
It would be dishonest to state or imply any connection without further evidence.
"Television has long been a cause of increased violence, with numerous studies pointing to increases in violent behaviour as high as 150%."
Well, what studies? If the increase in violence is that high, is it causal? If it is (somehow) causal, is it the imagery or the sedentary lifestyle that changes brain chemistry for the worse?
"Advertising and music present children with role models that are actually dangerous for children to try to emulate, from ultrasadistic rappers to impossibly beautiful fashion models."
Why are kids emulating media? I doubt a kid will go out and become a gangster. And isn't it intuitive that ultra-thin is not only less beautiful, but unhealthy? A child isn't thinking right before such emulations.
"I say, a society that does not defend itself from the corruption of it's youth is a society in decline."
Corruption is too harsh a word to use for this situation. Our society will not decline because some small percent of our girls don't want to eat enough.
"It is time for a higher power to step in."
I'd like more evidence of a problem first. Plus, sorting and then filtering media in this kind of censorship always has huge gaping holes. (And, massive culture fixes are best proposed outside the argument trying to prove the cultural problems.)
"If something like this is not implemented soon, we face a downhill slide into violence and depravity, as surely as the Roman empire collapsed into decadence."
HA!! Things are NOT going to get all that worse because of some rough video game play and thin models! You see things as far too fragile. And just how does Rome connect to this?
That just means you have nothing better to do. In my experience, 80% of a class can get A's--they just, in one way or another, choose not to.
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I wish.
His work is so expansive, so fundimental, and so generalized that the original books from the early 70's still apply today. It's really amazing.
Men get paid only a fraction of a % more PER HOUR!! Men work more hours on average. Look it up.
Women are less likely to be punished in car related crimes (speeding, say)--even though the stats show more are being committed by women than men.
As for rape, women don't need to worry about the guy next to them. Less than 1% of Americans beat or rape women, or engage in child abuse. Sure that's still a lot of people, but it's not every man on the subway--and not the 30-40% reported by some extreme feminist groups.
You want to know anti-man action? American schools have researched for years how to improve scholastic performance of girls (a good thing). But, boys are now dropping out of school in great numbers, less are going to college, and few read that well anymore. Why? The boys are being ignored as girls are being focused on--after all, boys have an advantage at birth, right?
Even worse, many young kids (k-2) are being told that, essentially, boys are violent little monsters and need to be forced to pay nice--even though "voilent" play is necessary and leads to a more calm, emotionally stable future. Any charactor building for young men, such as making gentlemen, is shunned.
The roles are reversed and boys are being screwed. Have a good laugh.
She looks like an adult to me....
Just a tecnhical point, but I considered the best Capitalist vs Communist point to be the Hayek "Command economies take control from those who know what they're doing." argument.
VERY rough summary: In a free market, millions of people have the chance to break off into new directions and demand creates markets, but command economies put the decisions into the hands of a few people who (naturally) don't understand everything as well as the specialists in the markets, who don't maintain markets as well, and who rarely create new markets.
Of course, you could just say the goal of communism is to MAKE everyone equal by eliminating the class systems, but it instead imposes classes--negating the possibility of TREATING everyone equal.
I almost forgot THE main point of Planet of the Apes.
As humans get smarter, they get more destructive.
I would say "more capable of destruction", but (here's the thing) less prone. Look at any conflict and tell me it wouldn't end if both sides really thought about it. It's biggest lesson is 60's era sophestry.
About 30 minutes into the 6th Sense and it's all figured out--leaving only the slow entertained.
The Shawshank Redemption ends with the cast playing out their assigned and expected roles. No shocks expeced or recieved.
The Planet of the Apes ends as anyone would expect. It looks like earth, and has ape-things similar to earth's, but is desolate. We obviously nuked everything. If you think it's a shock to be in New York, go ahead...
As for meaning:
The 6th Sense is dry here.
The Shawshank Redemption's lessons are all standard "majority of americans agree" type lessons; few changes in opinion or view come from this.
The Planet of the Apes.... since we're all equal, roles can be reversed, and when done, it sucks--a verbose "do unto others". And, if we nuke the earth (plausible), it will suck--Oooh golly.
This is the first time since "Voices from the Hellmouth" that I thought Katz was on anything less than crack. For the most part, on this movie, I agree with him. (Take beating here...)
He's too critical (as usual), but the points--likely generalizations about most modern movies--have merit. I agree and you can mod me any way you like!
I heard Star Wars 1 (the original) had a mid/small budget--and yes, state of the art special effects.
Next thing you'll be telling me 2001 was the new millenium...
I did look into the facts. They told me that Russia has more powerfull rockets, but the US has a better record.
So that's what I said.
The US has the highest success rate, that's all.
Good point, but they'd remain silent about the technology aspect even in the China scenario. It would be a 100% focus on human rights violations.
Here in the US, it's the technology they'd have to report--not the human rights--and there's no chance in hell the media will do that.
Is heat the major energy output?
And in he process help us out greatly.