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Originally posted by filtherton
kleibold and harris had the shame shamed out of them.
I think shame often becomes a teaching tool for someone who doesn't really know how to teach. If i am ashamed because i let myself or my loved ones down because i slacked off, that is fine. I'll learn my lesson.
But if i am ashamed because i believe that i am a moron who lacks value in society because despite the fact that i tried my hardest i wasn't able to get better than a C in most of my classes last quarter that is another thing entirely. Where is the instructive value in that shame?
Now i know you qualified your endorsement of shame by adding "when properly used", but do you really think we can rely on high schools to use shame properly?
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I'd disagree with the first sentence, agree with the second paragraph and say that I never said the third.