Need more proof Dr. Al was right in Part I?

[Al Schoonmaker]

A major point of my "Negotiate to win" and other writing is that overemphazing competition, cooperation, or almost anything is undesirable. As my article in the current issue clearly states, the correct reaction to almost any problem depends upon the situation.

I do not endorse a return to Robber Baron type capitalism, but I am very concerned that we have gone much too far in the opposite direction. When schools regard all forms of competition as unacceptable, I get very worried.

Incidentally, thanks for the trivia bit about Bell. I love historical trivia, and I never knew that he did not own a phone.

More generally, thanks for a well thought out post.

I am disappointed that my second article did not cause the kinds of discussion we had about the first one.

Oh, well.

Al

[cpk]

Thanks for the compliment, Dr. Al, and I was already aware that you do not think that cooperation is for Communist sissies. :P

[CORed]

All I can say is it must be hell to be a kid these days. What are they going to do next? Punish kids who keep score in playground games?