copemech Posted June 6, 2009 Report Share Posted June 6, 2009 This runs along with all that other politically correct BS! > An economics professor at Texas Tech said > he had never failed a single student before 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 would be averaged and everyone > would receive the same grade so no one would fail and no one > would receive an A. After the first test the grades were > averaged and everyone got a B. 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, name calling all resulted in hard feelings and no one > would study for the benefit of anyone else. All failed, to > their great surprise, and the professor told them that > socialism would 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. > > > > Could not be any simpler than that.... > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nigel dabster Posted June 6, 2009 Report Share Posted June 6, 2009 This runs along with all that other politically correct BS!> An economics professor at Texas Tech said > he had never failed a single student before 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 would be averaged and everyone > would receive the same grade so no one would fail and no one > would receive an A. After the first test the grades were > averaged and everyone got a B. 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, name calling all resulted in hard feelings and no one > would study for the benefit of anyone else. All failed, to > their great surprise, and the professor told them that > socialism would 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. > > > > Could not be any simpler than that.... > What the professor failed to do as any good experiment would have is a control. He should have divided the class in two and carried out the exact same test but this time with one half subject to the carrot (exam pass) as well as the stick (as most communist countries have had, Stasi in east Germany kgb in russia etc). In this case any dissenters or "slackers" would get free rendition flights to Guantamano and say a short break there over a weekend with all the usual facilities sleep deprivation, interrogation, torture and so on. Sure enough the following week they would work so hard communism/socialism group two would score a rip roaring results, wouldn't they? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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