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To: mph who wrote (27129)	8/24/2006 9:46:24 PM
From: Mary Cluney	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 541582

Encouraging people to do their best should include honest assessments when they haven't achieved. It's only fair to be truthful and to encourage effort, rather than to effectively lie and tell them that a half-baked effort is good enough. I don't see how encouraging people to do the best they can has anything to do with being dishonest. It's unfair to hold back achievers because others are either unable or unwilling to compete. Not only is it unfair, it is detrimental to society as we know it. Without the Einsteins,Bells, Franklins and plethora of brilliant minds, I don't see how encouraging people to do the best they can change Einstein, Bell, or Franklins behavior or hold them back. If you're willing to accept mediocrity as the standard for which to strive, that's what you're going to get. How does encouraging people to do the best they can lower standards? It seems like that is the way to lift standards. Encouraging people to do their best only means that if you do the best that you can and it does not rise to the standards of Einstein, Bell, or Franklin that you are not a loser. How is that bad or evil?