Re: Harvard's president apologizes

From: Robert Flory (wyogeo_at_MORETHANWARMmail.com)
Date: 01/24/05 

Date: Sun, 23 Jan 2005 19:43:39 -0800

"Susan Cohen" <flavia13@verizon.net> wrote in message
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> <jmfbahciv@aol.com> wrote in message
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>> In article <bdvId.17201$P04.404@attbi_s03>,
>> "George" <george@wtfiswrongwithyou.com> wrote:
>> <snip>
>>
>>>So, why does it matter whether they do or not? Are you a
>>>proponent of limiting women's rights in education because
>>>they "might" think differently than men?
>>
>> You demonstrate exactly what one of the problems is.
>>
>> Stop confusing rights with education.
>
> Surely everyone who is a student in good standing of any eduational
> institution has the same rights as all the others?
>
> Susan
>>
You have obviously been to different schools and lived in different worlds
than Jo and the rest of us have. Rights are rights, but the real world is
another nut to crack.

I got into grad school because I got along better with the Profs. than some
with better grades. I got an assistantship because of completely
non-geologic skills. I was an experienced mountaineer and could survive in
Antarctica without a keeper. Things happen because the advisors wants this
or that. When a class turned out not to match the catalogue description
only the first 5 got to bail, the rest were told no. Of course that was
before students found out what their rights were supposed to be and hired
lawyers. ;-)

If you are talking about the pre-college years .... visit a school. I come
from a family of educators. You could write books on who gets short
changed. I've got a granddaughter who "flunked" the first grade because of
undiagnosed but very treatable problems. She is a whiz now that I helped
them beat the administration, who had more important problems to deal with,
into diagnosing the problem and dealing with it. Lots of kids don't have
grandfather's willing to raise hell with the school system. They loose
their rights and end up with the short end of the stick.

Bob

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