http://www.joannejacobs.com/2007/03/carnival-of-education-9/ Thinking and Linking by Joanne Jacobs Fri, 10 Feb 2012 04:51:22 +0000 hourly 1 http://www.joannejacobs.com/2007/03/carnival-of-education-9/#comment-31989 BadaBing Thu, 08 Mar 2007 03:59:45 +0000 http://joannejacobs.com/2007/03/07/carnival-of-education-9/#comment-31989 We are living in an era in which nothing is better than anything else. I remember the big stink over giving deaf children cochlea implants because it robbed them of the beauty of deafness. How dare anyone suggest that hearing was better than not hearing. Concomitant with that principle is the belief that nobody is better than anybody else. It's called egalitarianism. Add a little 1970s self-esteem sentiment into the mix, and before you know it, everybody's as good as everybody else, no matter what. We are living in an era in which nothing is better than anything else. I remember the big stink over giving deaf children cochlea implants because it robbed them of the beauty of deafness. How dare anyone suggest that hearing was better than not hearing. Concomitant with that principle is the belief that nobody is better than anybody else. It’s called egalitarianism. Add a little 1970s self-esteem sentiment into the mix, and before you know it, everybody’s as good as everybody else, no matter what.

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