The Poojer Posted August 18, 2009 Share Posted August 18, 2009 An economics professor at a local college made a statement that he had never failed a single student before, but had once failed an entire class. -------------------------------------------- That class had insisted that Obama's socialism worked and that no one would be poor and no one would be rich, a great equalizer. The professor then said, "OK, we will have an experiment in this class on Obama's plan". All grades would be averaged and everyone would receive the same grade so no one would fail and no one would receive an A. After the first test, the grades were averaged and everyone got a B. The students who studied hard were upset and the students who studied little were happy. As the second test rolled around, the students who studied little had studied even less and the ones who studied hard decided they wanted a free ride too so they studied little. The second test average was a D! No one was happy. When the 3rd test rolled around, the average was an F. The scores never increased as bickering, blame and name-calling all resulted in hard feelings and no one would study for the benefit of anyone else. All failed, to their great surprise, and the professor told them that socialism would also ultimately fail because when the reward is great, the effort to succeed is great but when government takes all the reward away, no one will try or want to succeed. Could not be any simpler than that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
X. Benedict Posted August 18, 2009 Share Posted August 18, 2009 We are much better with a capitalist model, where the students that can afford to buy the better papers get the better grades. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KD in CA Posted August 18, 2009 Share Posted August 18, 2009 We are much better with a capitalist model, where the students that can afford to buy the better papers get the better grades. When everyone has the right to go out and earn whatever they can, yes, we are. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
X. Benedict Posted August 18, 2009 Share Posted August 18, 2009 When everyone has the right to go out and earn whatever they can, yes, we are. Actually the college model is already hybridized. Public options for education are Junior Colleges and State Universities. And probably make private Universities better. What's the better school, UB or Canisius? Probably depends on the student and needs. Though this email is probably fiction...it would be ironic if the prof taught at The Ohio State University. (that's without even talking about that commie loan program...Stafford) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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