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Don't say the F-word! : Comments
By Kevin Donnelly, published 18/8/2005Kevin Donnelly argues Australia must encourage competition in our schools, or risk creating a generation ‘F’ for failure.
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The report should be able to point out to me where his areas of need are. Reports are not supposed to be a big competition between classmates of who is the best at what. Especially not in the younger years. I don't need to know if Johnny came first. I need to know where Johnny needs help.
I am really noticing lately a big resurgence of competitiveness among parents vying for their child to be 'the best' at something. I'm all for a bit of healthy competition but some parents really take it too far. I just wonder what the cost will be to children's self esteem when they are deemed to have 'failed' too many times. I question the necessity for the use of the 'f' word in reports, I just can't see the justification for it.