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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Aristotle" data-source="post: 2027981" data-attributes="member: 5885">I couldn't agree with you more. In fact this is something I'm quite passionate about. I was simply saying how it is, not how I want it to be. I think the public education system needs massive improvement. I'd venture that most people think so (I know most teachers do), but for one reason or another it hasn't happened yet. Any further comments would border on the political. This is how most schools, that I've attended at least, go about things anyhow. It might not be the same everywhere, or maybe you've just been exceptionally lucky in what schools you attend ... but once again this is not a problem with the badges so much as with the way the school system is run in general (although I concede that if that were not the case the badges would be less likely to be instated). I agree with you to a point. Although I hardly think that monitoring how fast my kid's car goes (and potentially saving him from killing himself or others in an accident) is going to turn my kid into a mindless drone. I came from a very overprotective family and am still a very creative individual. This, like most of this thread, doesn't mean much. We have our respective opinions and we made up our minds before we even submitted our first posts. Nothing the other side can say is going to sway us. The issue with discussing things like this online, to me, is that it really does just become 'running around in circles' after a bit.</blockquote>

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