Comments on: Too Good to Pitch? http://startupfiance.com/2008/too-good-to-pitch/ Infinitely engaged to a serial entrepreneur, and becoming one of my own. Sun, 25 Mar 2012 03:46:13 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Dodgeblogium » Fall is here BOMS http://startupfiance.com/2008/too-good-to-pitch/comment-page-1/#comment-616 Dodgeblogium » Fall is here BOMS Mon, 15 Sep 2008 11:06:22 +0000 http://startupfiance.com/2008/too-good-to-pitch/#comment-616 [...] s presents Too Good to Pitch? posted at Startup [...] [...] s presents Too Good to Pitch? posted at Startup [...]

]]> By: Nessa http://startupfiance.com/2008/too-good-to-pitch/comment-page-1/#comment-593 Nessa Sat, 06 Sep 2008 03:12:08 +0000 http://startupfiance.com/2008/too-good-to-pitch/#comment-593 HMMMM......If I remember correctly this is a topic that we have ventured on before, and you aready know my stance on this. HMMMM……If I remember correctly this is a topic that we have ventured on before, and you aready know my stance on this.

]]> By: Nessa http://startupfiance.com/2008/too-good-to-pitch/comment-page-1/#comment-592 Nessa Sat, 06 Sep 2008 03:10:37 +0000 http://startupfiance.com/2008/too-good-to-pitch/#comment-592 AMEN!!!! AMEN!!!!

]]> By: Jim Heatter http://startupfiance.com/2008/too-good-to-pitch/comment-page-1/#comment-584 Jim Heatter Tue, 02 Sep 2008 15:57:24 +0000 http://startupfiance.com/2008/too-good-to-pitch/#comment-584 Here we go I coach a nine year old team and we have faced other teams where their pitcher was throwing in the high 40's not topping out at 40 and we never complained we took our lumps and moved on. In our town a pitcher at this age can only pitch 2 innings a game and 6 innings in a week so I don't understand what the problem is with the other teams the last time I checked a game was 6 innings. Here we go I coach a nine year old team and we have faced other teams where their pitcher was throwing in the high 40′s not topping out at 40 and we never complained we took our lumps and moved on. In our town a pitcher at this age can only pitch 2 innings a game and 6 innings in a week so I don’t understand what the problem is with the other teams the last time I checked a game was 6 innings.

]]> By: unKle Spike http://startupfiance.com/2008/too-good-to-pitch/comment-page-1/#comment-581 unKle Spike Sat, 30 Aug 2008 20:10:01 +0000 http://startupfiance.com/2008/too-good-to-pitch/#comment-581 And what party preaches this equality? And what party preaches this equality?

]]> By: Aunt Pearl http://startupfiance.com/2008/too-good-to-pitch/comment-page-1/#comment-580 Aunt Pearl Fri, 29 Aug 2008 14:12:39 +0000 http://startupfiance.com/2008/too-good-to-pitch/#comment-580 As an instructor in a diploma-based nursing program, I am told by students in my evaluations that I am too difficult. They also think that I teach them what I want them to know, not what is in their packaged study modules that they use to study for the licensure exam...speaking of teaching to the test... So what I have learned is that students have been conditioned to expect mediocrity. Many of them, who are adults, cannot spell, write a complete sentence, or stay alert for 50 minutes to listen to content that has taken me 8 hours to prepare. It is completely demoralizing. You really should rent the DVD "Declining by Degrees" which is all about the higher education system. So why do college sports coaches earn ten times the salary of a doctorally-prepared professor? I am sure we all know the answer to that, but what this practice indicates for our society is that higher EDUCATION is really not valued. As an instructor in a diploma-based nursing program, I am told by students in my evaluations that I am too difficult.
They also think that I teach them what I want them to know, not what is in their packaged study modules that they use to study for the licensure exam…speaking of teaching to the test…
So what I have learned is that students have been conditioned to expect mediocrity. Many of them, who are adults, cannot spell, write a complete sentence, or stay alert for 50 minutes to listen to content that has taken me 8 hours to prepare. It is completely demoralizing.

You really should rent the DVD “Declining by Degrees” which is all about the higher education system.

So why do college sports coaches earn ten times the salary of a doctorally-prepared professor? I am sure we all know the answer to that, but what this practice indicates for our society is that higher EDUCATION is really not valued.

]]> By: Jessica http://startupfiance.com/2008/too-good-to-pitch/comment-page-1/#comment-577 Jessica Wed, 27 Aug 2008 17:16:23 +0000 http://startupfiance.com/2008/too-good-to-pitch/#comment-577 Seeing as I'm going to be mom in about a week, this kind of stuff really resonates. It drives me NUTS that it's come down to things like this. I can't stand that parents now call the schools and yell at teachers if their kids get a D on a test -- your kid got a D, THEY screwed up, not the teacher! Mediocrity has become ok, and that's not ok, and while we can raise our daughter in a way that does not promote mediocrity, that won't change the fact that she's in a society and peer group that isn't motivated to thrive and succeed. ARGH! Seeing as I’m going to be mom in about a week, this kind of stuff really resonates. It drives me NUTS that it’s come down to things like this. I can’t stand that parents now call the schools and yell at teachers if their kids get a D on a test — your kid got a D, THEY screwed up, not the teacher! Mediocrity has become ok, and that’s not ok, and while we can raise our daughter in a way that does not promote mediocrity, that won’t change the fact that she’s in a society and peer group that isn’t motivated to thrive and succeed. ARGH!

]]> By: Big Sis http://startupfiance.com/2008/too-good-to-pitch/comment-page-1/#comment-575 Big Sis Wed, 27 Aug 2008 14:29:02 +0000 http://startupfiance.com/2008/too-good-to-pitch/#comment-575 I agree. As a parent I never thought it was a good idea to protect my kids from every "hurt" they may encounter. Becoming a successful adult means learning to overcome adversity, recognizing your strengths and talents and learning to rise above. I agree. As a parent I never thought it was a good idea to protect my kids from every “hurt” they may encounter. Becoming a successful adult means learning to overcome adversity, recognizing your strengths and talents and learning to rise above.

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