http://www.showmedaily.org/2008/12/pop-quiz-2.html Advancing liberty with responsibility by promoting market solutions for Missouri public policy Wed, 23 May 2012 17:39:11 -0400 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 http://www.showmedaily.org/2008/12/pop-quiz-2.html/comment-page-1#comment-1415 Michele Whiting Mon, 22 Dec 2008 02:19:12 +0000 http://www.showmedaily.org/?p=2388#comment-1415 What we really need is self pride and drive to learn. We force education down pre-toddlers throats and wonder why they burn out about by the fourth and eighth grades? Competition doesn't exist any longer we are too busy giving out participant ribbons to everyone who tried to show up to recognize those that excel. You are supposed to feel disappointed that you lost or failed at something (a lesson we are failing to teach now, but that's another rant). That is one's drive, one's motivation to prepare more, work harder and reap the results. Why is it that we expect that more for our athletic programs than we do from our academic ones? What we really need is self pride and drive to learn. We force education down pre-toddlers throats and wonder why they burn out about by the fourth and eighth grades? Competition doesn’t exist any longer we are too busy giving out participant ribbons to everyone who tried to show up to recognize those that excel. You are supposed to feel disappointed that you lost or failed at something (a lesson we are failing to teach now, but that’s another rant). That is one’s drive, one’s motivation to prepare more, work harder and reap the results. Why is it that we expect that more for our athletic programs than we do from our academic ones?

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