tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6534665086749553287.post2180503765291129183..comments2024-03-29T04:34:05.185-04:00Comments on CURMUDGUCATION: If Competition Is So Great...Peter Greenehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16511193640285760299noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6534665086749553287.post-47842156148810239192014-06-21T15:59:49.905-04:002014-06-21T15:59:49.905-04:00The underlying premise of competition is this: One...The underlying premise of competition is this: One person's success must be at another person's expense.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08893401154016639903noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6534665086749553287.post-22865493732986966532014-06-21T15:09:52.918-04:002014-06-21T15:09:52.918-04:00Competing is what you do outside of your "in ...Competing is what you do outside of your "in group." Inside your "in group" you cooperate. The point is that people in your in group are worthy of your help and not to be left behind. Just as an example, what would you think of a parent whose children had to compete in school every day to see who would get dinner and who would not. Good parent? I don't know anyone who would think that.<br /><br />So, apparently, now, everybody else is in the out group?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6534665086749553287.post-69279732133334904662014-06-21T11:14:08.064-04:002014-06-21T11:14:08.064-04:00You don't encourage children to reach their fu...You don't encourage children to reach their full potential by comparing them with other children. You encourage them to be the best that they can be as themselves. Competition leads to the whole "keeping up with the Jones's" phenomenon. This is the antithesis of creativity. If everyone is after the same goals, where's the innovation? Is there a place for competition? Yes,... but it's not in the incubation of the school setting. If the system is set up for the adults to compete, it WILL have a trickle down effect to the children. Having worked in a "competitive school environment" (that shall remain nameless), I saw first hand how destructive the competition became. As a teacher, if you're competing with your "next door neighbor" to keep your jobs, the response is to close the door and keep your ideas and innovation to yourself. This is NOT good for the children. The point is to LEARN from each other in the spirit of collaboration. When one is competing for livelihood, survival of the fittest is the nature of the game, and RESEARCH SHOWS that when there's chronic stress the connection to the pre-frontal cortex of the brain (the part required for planning, organizing, and higher-level thought) is hindered. The kind of competition that's being pushed into education now is damaging to the brains of children and teachers alike due to chronic stress. http://www.indiana.edu/~rcapub/v30n2/stress.shtml Hannah13https://www.blogger.com/profile/17342866965252996458noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6534665086749553287.post-7141243336801307732014-06-09T17:35:39.582-04:002014-06-09T17:35:39.582-04:00Seems to me like competition is a fine way to orga...Seems to me like competition is a fine way to organize a school system. It also seems impossible to have a truly competitive system if all the institutions depend on government funding. So what's the beef with competition?Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16172619968115917839noreply@blogger.com