Re: DSM: Diploma

From: Ann Ide (ann.ide@rcn.com)
Date: Tue Dec 11 2001 - 20:27:28 EST


Ardeshir, don't you think that sometimes we just have to accept how things
are whether we like it or not? Like Cyrus, you have to way the risks
involved in trying to prove a point and decide what is more important to
you.
Ann
----- Original Message -----
From: Ardeshir Mehta, N.D. <ardeshir@sympatico.ca>
To: <discuss-sudbury-model@sudval.org>
Sent: Tuesday, December 11, 2001 6:38 PM
Subject: Re: DSM: Diploma

> Hi there Joe,
>
>
>
> Bill Richardson wrote:
>
> > > Let's be
> > > crystal clear. The
> > > diploma is the staff or parents or founders wanting
> > > something. Wanting ain't
> > > bad. Just don't manipulate it till it looks like the child is
> > > driving this.
>
> You answered:
>
> > Bill,
> >
> > This is not the case. In many cases, the parents want a diploma to be
> > available, and in some cases parents want no diploma. But students
> > almost universally want the school to offer a diploma ....
>
> Yes, the students want a diploma: but just ask yourself just WHY
> they want one. Is it not because someone ELSE -- be it prospective
> employer, prospective university, or whatewver -- won't let the stu-
> dent into whatever-it-is that he/she/they offer WITHOUT the diploma?
>
> Best,
>
>
>
> Ardeshir <http://homepage.mac.com/ardeshir/AllMyFiles.html>
>
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