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What I notice is a slide toward mediocrity. I don't want to say, "In my day" so I won't but let me present an analogy here. In days gone by kids playing ball were either good enough or not good enough to play. If you were not that good, guess what ...you didn't play. That made you work harder and longer. The end prize being you got to play finally. As we slide toward mediocrity, everybody has to play or we make up some "T-Ball League" with no outs, metal bats, et al. Now everyone is equal.
Wait a minute!!!! Other side of the coin. I've worked my butt off practicing long and hard and am very good at playing ball. Now some other kid who plays only half as good as I do and is to lazy to get any better, gets to play in my place? What's the advantage in working and practicing if others, who don't are playing when I should be? I might as well not work hard or practice hard if others, who are not as good are in my place. I might as well side toward mediocrity since I am no longer rewarded for my long and hard work practicing.
Moral ..... one is sliding his way down while others are pushing another up. So we can be "equal".
A couple other things .............................. Turn off your damn cell phones in a restaurant and take off you hat when you enter a building or sit down at a table for a meal. Geeeeez. Decline of values AND etiquette!
Jerry Jackson (Calumet Grove)