[kj] Sex Pistols singer faces elitist spiel

[Brendan]

It's okay I severely understood :)

Library Nerds Represent!


> Oops, that sentence should have read, "severly doubt"

>

> kw

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>>I severely someone as sharp as you was ever a "social retard," Brendan!

>> But

>>thanks for sharing. '

>> Libraries are the best -- now and forever, btw.

>>

>> Cheers,

>>

>> k.w.

>> the States

>>

>>

>> ----- Original Message -----

>> From: "Brendan" <bq at soundgardener.co.nz>

>> To: "A list about all things Killing Joke (the band!)"

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>> Sent: Wednesday, July 23, 2008 8:31 PM

>> Subject: Re: [kj] Sex Pistols singer faces elitist spiel

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>>> Testify, I totally agree. Teachers are woefully underpaid and

>>> overworked.

>>> Kids need to be made to take the consequences of their actions. And a

>>> good

>>> early start in English comprehension, my parents reading to me and

>>> teaching me to read every night, is what enabled me to literally sail

>>> through school. I breezed through. I suppose hanging out in the library

>>> cos I was a social retard helped too, but still makes my point...your

>>> primary language is the tool you use to comprehend, think, and

>>> communicate, it's vital to get it down.

>>>

>>>>

>>>> Put money into education, not war.

>>>> Elevate the standard of education given AND train and pay teachers

>>>> properly..

>>>> Make the parents more responsible in their child's education, i.e.

>>>> have

>>>> them encourage their kids to apply themselves, that is not only the

>>>> school's job.

>>>> Many US kids come out of high school, not having even been taught

>>>> English

>>>> comprehension. Meaning they ain't gonna pick up on the most basic of

>>>> nuggets. The more a kid hears that their exams are being made more

>>>> easy,

>>>> the less they are going to try to achieve anything, they don't think

>>>> they

>>>> have to.

>>>> Beware of government schemes, they just get you off the unemployment

>>>> list,

>>>> and often just leave you in debt to them.

>>>> Sometimes having an 'education' can work against you - 'you are over

>>>> qualified'. When I first came to the states I would take my degrees

>>>> off

>>>> my

>>>> CV.

>>>>

>>>> Dumbing down is deliberate. The masses got too bright. Now you buy an

>>>> education, to keep it out of reach.

>>>>

>>>> We have evolved to not use our legs, arms, eyes and now brains.

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