Re: Caring & Creating a Sense of Community

["Gerald W. Bracey" <gbracey@EROLS.COM>]

This might be a good time to re-read John Gardner's 1961 book, "Excellence:
Can We Be Equal and Excellent Too?"  Gardner ducks, as I recall, but he does
a good job, I think, at laying out the tensions inherent in our form of
"meritocracy."


----- Original Message -----
From: Joan Jaeckel <jjaeckel@WHOLE.ORG>
To: <ARN-L@listsrva.cua.edu>
Sent: Friday, August 27, 1999 4:46 PM
Subject: Re: Caring & Creating a Sense of Community


> Good point.  What's becoming obvious is that 'democracy' alone doesn't
> insure an intelligent, caring, and productive society.  Joan
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Monty Neill <Mneillft@AOL.COM>
> To: ARN-L@listsrva.CUA.EDU <ARN-L@listsrva.CUA.EDU>
> Date: Friday, August 27, 1999 1:06 PM
> Subject: Re: Caring & Creating a Sense of Community
>
>
> >In a message dated 8/25/99 8:27:58 PM Eastern Daylight Time,
> >jjaeckel@WHOLE.ORG writes:
> >
> >> How can intelligent democracy
> >>  survive
> >
> >Do we have it? Has it "survived" or was it most always limited, partical,
> >coerced by those with power? Is it now worse?
> >
> >Monty Neill
> >
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