anticon of a town in, ME yes, Nice story from patriotgirl.

of course, its actual connection to socialism is by a thread at best, there are more questions, possible issues or unanswered questions in the story than there are words and it's really more a lesson in arrogant teachers and right-wing groupthink...But yes. Nice story.

I'm confused, though...i thought you conservatives HATED teachers who brought their politics into the classroom. I guess it's forgivable so long as they do it in a way that can be made into a witty anecdote that will make you think...just not so much as to make things difficult?report abuse

98thRET of Winthrop, ME Nice story from partiotgirl.report abuse

patriot girl of Whitefield, ME A Lesson in Socialism

An economics professor at Texas Tech said he had failed very few students but had, once, failed an entire class. That class had insisted that 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 socialism."
"All grades will be averaged and everyone would receive the same grade meaning, obviously, no one will receive an A." They all agreed to this. After the first test the grades were averaged and everyone got a C. The students who studied hard were upset and the students who studied little were happy.
But, 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. To their great dismay the professor failed them all. Then he sent all of them this note: "A socialistic government will 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."

Now, socialism can't be made any clearer than this. And, remember, we have many congressmen, and now a president, who hold to socialistic ideals.. If their agenda is allowed to succeed, the United States, a last bastion of democracy, will eventually cease to lead in the world of business.report abuse

Tom Greene of Augusta, ME "Here is an idea..take care of "yourself", be responsible for "yourself", stop depending on a flawed government to take care of you!"
Well said.report abuse