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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Why are you so concerned with "measuring" your kids? What are you "measuring" them against?

What are you so afraid will happen if they don't "measure" up, either temporarilily or permanently? 
And why are you so convinced that they will only "measure" up if you force them to?[/quote]

Accusing me of "measuring" my kids is complete distortion of what I just said. I'll thank you for stopping that.

My point was, I actually agree that grades shouldn't be the measure. I never, ever said we should "force" kids to get As.

However, I do heartily believe that we should encourage [b]effort [/b](the bold is for your own, private benefit). Without encouraging effort we end up with a nation of entitled slackers who are still living with Mom and Dad in their 30s, and Mom and Dad are still paying the cable bill and shopping for the chips. Is that really what you want?  So I asked you how you [b]measure effort [/b] since we agree that we shouldn't be measuring grades. So why don't you go back and try again to answer the question. [/quote]

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