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Old 07-01-2010, 08:20 PM
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Default Re: Fucking education! How does it work?

I'm not saying it's good or bad. I'm saying it is nanny state. Specifically referring to this:

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Originally Posted by Adamus Prime View Post
In the specific context of the sailing girl, I was mostly reacting to the notion that thinking that a sailing trip is not an acceptable excuse for missing out on part of that curriculum is some kind of overrestrictive European nanny-state thing.
To extend my tortured analogy even further, let's put everybody on the exact same diet, regardless of their tastes in food or whether they prefer ballet or soccer. In fact, everybody has to take ballet and soccer. Absolutely no going off the program to train for a triathlon, because a triathlon is neither ballet nor soccer and the state has mandated that ballet and soccer are adequate for general fitness, and therefore exactly what everybody needs.
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