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A new federal report recommends that schools emphasize building children's "self-regulation" skills in order to increase opportunities for student success in a number of areas. The recommendation is one of several in the report, the fourth in a series on self-regulation research and practice from the Administration for Children and Families at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS).
Researchers have zeroed in on the importance of self-regulation skills, which allow children to manage their thoughts and feelings, control impulses, and problem-solve.
"Self-regulation affects wellbeing across the lifespan, from mental health and emotional wellbeing to academic achievement, physical health, and socioeconomic success," said Desiree Murray, associate director of research at the Frank Porter Graham Child Development Institute and lead author of the report. "Unfortunately, prolonged or pronounced stress and adversity, including poverty and trauma, can delay children's self-regulation development."
(Score: 2) by VLM on Wednesday December 07 2016, @03:17PM
I liked the word choice because there are similarities. Not problematic but precise and intentioned.
First of all from the left they will be very unhappy with endless analogies to the more famous solution, if its done "soon" like next 8 years. Its slavery, putting them in camps, etc. Unless of course a lefty president signs the bill in 9 years in which case it'll be brilliant and great, in the same fake news anyway. Regardless of who does it, it doesn't seem terribly controversial that what you're mentioning will be used in propaganda against whichever side implements the fix. Its not an unrealistic prediction of the opposing propaganda given historical events and superficial (but wrong) analogies.
Secondly the attitude is similar in that nobody gonna enjoy it very much and many will claim it unnecessary and many will declare it evil, but decades or centuries of kicking the can down the road are over, here's a final solution to the problem. It'll be vilified, yet seen as necessary when its finally implemented. Sometimes if you want to eliminate a problem you have to accept vilification, there are some problems that can't be fixed without sacrifice. So I'm not even annoyed at the first paragraph above, its gonna be rough to implement, but necessary, and the implementor, whoever it is, whatever side they're on, is going to catch a lot of flak about having done it. I don't think that's avoidable. Big problems result in big propaganda when they're fixed, thats how it is. So I think it realistic that not only will there exist propaganda against it, its going to be loud propaganda.
Thirdly there is the subtext in the Newtonian equal and opposite reaction. In that we know from historical experience that extreme values of pressure multiplied by time results in extreme results such as ovens and other well known unpleasantness. I'm not saying the logic or reasoning was correct, but I do believe in the mathematical model of integrate (in the calculus sense) enough problem over time, then as a mathematical fact after a certain line is crossed the ovens come out. I think it quite possible times could be very bad for immigrants in some imaginary "kick the can future" decades from now, very bad indeed, if nothing is "fixed". So there is a not veiled threat that if its not defused peacefully and early, possibly by a plan much like this, things could blow up more severely at a later time. Race war, genocide ... about all they have in common is historically everyone always thinks it'll happen to someone else and can't happen here, every victim says that. So yeah, its kinda a shot across the bow that kicking the can was funny for a few decades, but eventually a solution will be applied and I prefer mine above vs historical examples of firing up the ovens. Fix it soon enough and its off topic. Wait long enough while not fixing it and it seems inevitable that it'll unfortunately be very much on topic. Something like I propose we fix it soon the right way, or we all know how things inevitably can get fixed later the wrong way...
(Score: 2) by VLM on Wednesday December 07 2016, @03:26PM
Darn lack of editing, missed my forth argument for why the phrasing is absolutely perfect. I like alt-history and hard sci fi and thought experiments and last time people were rounded up into work camps "Arbeit macht frei" was like a sarcastic joke cause they got ovened. But what if they didn't and they got released unharmed in four years... would people still be complaining about war crimes? So its an interesting "someone should write a fictional-ish book" what if the final solution to illegals was to round them up into work camps with "Arbeit macht frei" written over the door and we actually literally did it, and they're free naturalized citizens if and only if they work for four years... Yeah may suck as a fictional book but its something to think about as a thought experiment.
Remember if you're rich enough every country in the world sells citizenship including the USA, costs I believe $500K in the USA, cheaper elsewhere. Conceptually this "work makes you free" work camp is paying the illegals $125K/yr and then collecting their entire tax free back pay after four years and issuing naturalization papers. $125K for some shovel work with benes and required free english classes seems a pretty fair deal to me, its not like we're paying prison labor wages here.
Prison labor wages are a whole nother travesty.
(Score: 3, Interesting) by Phoenix666 on Wednesday December 07 2016, @06:33PM
So it is open threats of genocide and forced labor, then. Noted. Nobody need give you any benefit of the doubt anymore, nor attend to anything you write, because you admit your motivation. Your words come from depravity and drive toward perdition.
Washington DC delenda est.