I always hated being graded on a curve. I have never liked being judged by the collective performance of myself and others, unless in an actual performance such as a play or dance routine, where those involved were actually somewhat motivated. I had to deal with that a bit in school and also at a few jobs that required team work, where we were all judged by the performance of the group. There always seemed to be at least one person who refused to do the work, and the burden would fall on the rest of the team, or the entire team would fail. I think the person who doesn't perform should be held accountable, and to not do so is a failure on the part of the supervisor or teacher/professor. Another similar irritant is when the entire class was punished for the misbehavior of one or two students. I think it's a great idea to actually teach what this country is about, and how and why it was formed. Learning how the government was designed to function may stimulate some of the students to look at how differently it actually functions from how ti was intended to function, and perhaps eventually inspire them to help make changes.
I hope Bobby the school will really teach students how Obesity will shape their future grimly indulging most on those junk foods!
Whether it is obesity or being graded on a curve I really believe the root of the matter is the "I'm okay, you're okay" attitude that started back in the late 60's. As humans, we are born competitive! It's in our makeup and there is virtually no one on earth who does not have some spark of it. By lumping everyone together *en mass* the competitive spirit starts to dwindle. Everyone in a race is a winner and everyone who does even half the study work is a good student. No more deans lists, no more honor role, no more valedictorians. Anything regarding personal esteem is being displayed as a wrong thing of the past. We must have people willing to go against the present grain and start making our students realize that there is another rung on the ladder of life and winning and losing are part of the climb. Everyone cannot win at all times the same as a loser who applies himself will not be a loser at all times. We as humans must taste the sweetness of victory in order to persue it again, and again whether it is in academia, sports or any endeavor of life. Anything less is what we are quickly approaching now: Sheep that are waiting to be sheared by those who teach mediocrity.
There must be something in this Bobby. With the introduction of the so-called 'plus-size' especially in fashion and clothes, its as if getting fat and plump is okay. Is it? I was once a plus size Bobby but now I barely weigh 50 kilos. I needed to retain at this weight for me to have ease of mobility and carry myself better with ease. The left side of my body was weakened by the stroke I had last year 2011. I am on constant diet and regular exercise. Obesity is one factor in my stroke but when I had it was over stress and fatigue that trigger the neuron switch in that part of my brain to turn off and limit the oxygen that passed on it resulting to this condition. Thus, I am firm about nutrition here in the house and have to show them by example what are the things can and cannot to be taken especially to my only child and son. I am on strict vegetable and fruit diet with occasional lean and white meat only. It has been my advocacy to monitor the people in the house and keep on reminding them about my experience. If the risks of 'Obesity' be a subject in school, I am 201% all for it.
Perhaps this was because I grew up in the country rather than in a city, but mom put sugar even on things that I didn't want sugar on, like grapefruit and cereal, there was no such thing as obesity education in school, and I was in the ninth grade before they started physical education classes which, in the early days, consisted of little more than playing basketball or running around the gymnasium, yet each class seemed to have only one or two kids who were fat. Obesity didn't seem to be a problem then, except for those one or two kids, of course. Plus, I went all the way through high school before I ever met anyone with asthma, and I'm still not sure that peanut allergies aren't a work of fiction.
Ken, as one fact I have learned through research, readings and ;life experience most if not all of what we currently eat, organic and processed have sugars in it. Its just that people abuse and over consume it. Fact is, we really need sugar or in the medical term 'glucose' in our body to feed cells that need them especially the ones in our brain that triggers serotonin, the neurotransmitter that switches our moods and cravings. Its MODERATION that must be learned by people to do properly. There was no such thing as SUGAR FREE in our food really.
@Bobby Cole "Penalties of up to $250,000 can be imposed for violations that are deemed to be the result of malicious intent." There's the gist of it. Those folks implementing the new regulations do the "deeming" : it is their interpretation of the given circumstance which decide whether malicious intent was present, or even whether it was malicious or not. In most cases presenting, there will of course have been malicious intent, to generate revenue for the PC'ers, and provide proof their regs are working as planned. I give up.