To: Caleb1411
Self-esteem is an entitlement. The author is confusing self-esteem with ego. This is a null article.
6 posted on
08/13/2007 5:14:51 AM PDT by
Mr. Jeeves
("Wise men don't need to debate; men who need to debate are not wise." -- Tao Te Ching)
To: Mr. Jeeves
The author is confusing self-esteem with ego. An easy mistake to make, IMHO. In fact, if it's a mistake I'm still making it.
What's the difference, then, between "esteeming yourself" and being egotistical?
25 posted on
08/13/2007 5:48:08 AM PDT by
Oberon
(What does it take to make government shrink?)
To: Mr. Jeeves
Maybe YOU are the one confusing the terms. There’s been a lot of research on this, and the author is right. For one tiny piece of it, see #49.
50 posted on
08/13/2007 6:43:14 AM PDT by
MizSterious
(A nation can survive its fools, and even the ambitious. But it cannot survive treason from within.)
To: Mr. Jeeves
The author is confusing self-esteem with ego. This is a null article.A confident post...but not an especially bright one.
To: Mr. Jeeves
Self-esteem and ego go hand in hand. i m a publik scewl teechur, and I constantly witness these issues. My scholars classes are prime examples of this. Because the students have the title of “scholars”, they think that they will automatically “earn” an A. Many former teachers have given them A’s just to get our Gifted and Talented Coordinator off their backs. I refused and made them work, caught hell from the G and T Coordinator, and only had three A’s last year. This is not because I am a bad teacher with ego issues of my own, it is because I refuse to lower my standards. This freshman “scholars” class had students who would not capitalize “I” or the first words in sentences. Why? “All the other teachers let us as long as the answer is right!”
84 posted on
08/13/2007 8:24:28 AM PDT by
goodwithagun
(My gun has killed less people than Ted Kennedy's car.)
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