Destination Imagination (was "a yucky bit from NYT)
Dawn Falbe
Interesting that the school believes money is the "thing" we ought to be
focusing on that makes us "wealthy". What about the love we have to
give to others, ourselves and doing something we love for a living that
we are passionate about, regardless of the money it brings us. It also
leaves out those people that didn't finish high school and still became
financially wealthy such as Dave Thomas the founder of Wendys.
So as usual the school is single minded in its belief that money is the
answer to everything and that money will make everything better. Ask
those people who become instant millionaires when they won the lottery
what it did for them emotionally.
There is also a vast difference between someone who "drops out" of
school and someone who voluntarily doesn't go to school at all because
they choose to use the world as their way of learning. Even the drop
outs have the right idea when they don't want to stay in school because
there are bored, uninspired and cannot connect with what adults
disguised as "teachers" believe they need to know.
I spent my entire 5th year (that's the last year in British Schools if
you are not going onto University) skipping school nearly every day.
There were about 5 of us that would go to my house and read entire
books. We would take it in turns to read out loud and read books such
as Little Women or a good Harold Robbins book. We spent the spring
cleaning up our back garden where the grass had grown to about 3 feet
and it was a mess. We planted flowers and made it look beautiful. I
remember it as being the best experience I'd had in my life up to that
point.
Dawn F
Tucson, AZ
from high school make about $236,000 more in income in their lifetime
than those who drop out.>>
focusing on that makes us "wealthy". What about the love we have to
give to others, ourselves and doing something we love for a living that
we are passionate about, regardless of the money it brings us. It also
leaves out those people that didn't finish high school and still became
financially wealthy such as Dave Thomas the founder of Wendys.
So as usual the school is single minded in its belief that money is the
answer to everything and that money will make everything better. Ask
those people who become instant millionaires when they won the lottery
what it did for them emotionally.
There is also a vast difference between someone who "drops out" of
school and someone who voluntarily doesn't go to school at all because
they choose to use the world as their way of learning. Even the drop
outs have the right idea when they don't want to stay in school because
there are bored, uninspired and cannot connect with what adults
disguised as "teachers" believe they need to know.
I spent my entire 5th year (that's the last year in British Schools if
you are not going onto University) skipping school nearly every day.
There were about 5 of us that would go to my house and read entire
books. We would take it in turns to read out loud and read books such
as Little Women or a good Harold Robbins book. We spent the spring
cleaning up our back garden where the grass had grown to about 3 feet
and it was a mess. We planted flowers and made it look beautiful. I
remember it as being the best experience I'd had in my life up to that
point.
Dawn F
Tucson, AZ
>> Date: Sat, 8 Feb 2003 22:07:15 -0800graduate
>> From: Pam Sorooshian <pamsoroosh@...>
>>Subject: Re: A yucky bit from the NYT
>>Today I was at a Destination Imagination event being held at a high
>>school.
>>There was a sign in one of the rooms that said that people who
from high school make about $236,000 more in income in their lifetime
than those who drop out.>>
Nancy Wooton
on 2/9/03 8:01 AM, Dawn Falbe at astrologerdawn@... wrote:
best things in life aren't things."
I like that :-)
Nancy
> Interesting that the school believes money is the "thing" we ought to beOne of the volunteers where I work has a bumper sticker which reads "The
> focusing on that makes us "wealthy".
best things in life aren't things."
I like that :-)
Nancy
Kelli Traaseth
A phrase from a song that I like comes to mind when this is discussed,
"I am rich, I have no money." The singer has so many other things in her life. :-D
Its a wonderful song.
Kelli
Nancy Wooton <ikonstitcher@...> wrote:on 2/9/03 8:01 AM, Dawn Falbe at astrologerdawn@... wrote:
best things in life aren't things."
I like that :-)
Nancy
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"I am rich, I have no money." The singer has so many other things in her life. :-D
Its a wonderful song.
Kelli
Nancy Wooton <ikonstitcher@...> wrote:on 2/9/03 8:01 AM, Dawn Falbe at astrologerdawn@... wrote:
> Interesting that the school believes money is the "thing" we ought to beOne of the volunteers where I work has a bumper sticker which reads "The
> focusing on that makes us "wealthy".
best things in life aren't things."
I like that :-)
Nancy
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