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| Dr. Gary North |
Influenza A virus subtype H5N1 friend emailed this to me:
I wanted to choose to your attending a real powerful review of the Ron Paul Homeschool Curriculum that I read the other day. I don't know anything near Gary North every bit a mortal (I produce run into his run quite oft on TL in addition to EPJ), simply it appears that he is the mastermind behind the Ron Paul Homeschool Curriculum in addition to is a real authoritarian instructor.
I strongly recommend you
read the next review from an actual educatee of the curriculum: a softy.
The notion that a tough arrogant taskmaster is somehow non-libertarian fails to sympathise the nature of libertarianism. Sometimes a tough taskmaster is exactly what nosotros demand in addition to every bit long every bit nosotros aren't coerced by the terra firma into existence subjected to a tough taskmaster, at that spot is nada incorrect amongst the type.
Libertarianism isn't near everyone treating us softly.
Indeed, a friend emails:
I must nation that, inward general, I choose ever gravitated toward pedagogically authoritarian teachers, which larn to a greater extent than run in addition to cogitation out of me than the to a greater extent than lenient ones. We are homeschooling our kids in addition to they are nevertheless many years away from high school. I don't know that nosotros volition purpose the RP curriculum, simply I don't run into anything then far that dissuades me from using it.
The floor the non bad Boston Celtics basketball game actor Bill Russell tells comes to mind. He said that when Red Auerbach was coach of the Celtics, he didn't similar the means he yelled at about players--especially the means he yelled at Tommy Heinsohn, Then Auerbach retired in addition to made Russell player-coach. At first, Russell treated all the players alike, but Heinsohn was loafing, Finally, inward frustration, he yelled at Heinsohn, who at nowadays picked upwards his game. After that whenever he saw Heinsohn start to loaf, he sort of looked at his spotter in addition to said to himself "It's fourth dimension to yell and Heinsohn."
Sometimes a tough force isn't a bad thing, specially for youth.
The footing is filled amongst all kinds of people. Take what you lot tin from them that is valuable in addition to forget the rest. In the illustration of medico North, the valuable materials he offers is real valuable in addition to it is unlikely to endure constitute anywhere else. And that he is pushing students to figure things out on their ain is actually non a bad thing. In a footing increasingly filled amongst snowflakes, it volition endure a real distinct payoff for students who choose figured things out from a real tough taskmaster. When they exit inward the existent footing they are the ones that volition choose the confidence to bargain amongst obstacles in addition to perish on to success in addition to non bad achievements.
-RW
UPDATE
Also see:
Tom Woods Responds to Ron Paul Curriculum Article
Dear Libertarian Parents, Please Stop Acting Like Snowflakes Sumber http://www.targetliberty.com/
