#HarrisonFamilyValues

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(08-22-2015, 09:42 AM)PhilHos Wrote: Again, we're talking about COMPETITION here. Grades are not supposed to be used to compare one student to another, but rather are supposed to quantify a student's knowledge of a particular subject.

You're telling me community colleges aren't the "participation trophies" of the academic world?  Look, the point I was trying to make is that even people who talk about being #1 awesome are not #1 at everything, so everyone is pulling "participation" level performances at something.  Again, I'll admit that I dislike Harrison so much that he could say the sky is blue and I'd scoff.  But still, saying participation trophies are going to convince people to not be winners is like saying having enough lifeboats to save everyone is going to convince cruise ship captains that sinking isn't a big deal.