Xref: utzoo comp.edu:1663 sci.math:5226 sci.physics:5298 Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!lll-winken!lll-lcc!ames!joyce!gds From: gds@spam.istc.sri.com (Greg Skinner) Newsgroups: comp.edu,sci.math,sci.physics Subject: Re: Student and Course Integrity Message-ID: <15562@joyce.istc.sri.com> Date: 21 Dec 88 16:34:24 GMT References: <1131@osupyr.mast.ohio-state.edu> <1887@sun.soe.clarkson.edu> <15453@joyce.istc.sri.com> <5145@pdn.UUCP> Sender: news@joyce.istc.sri.com Reply-To: gds@spam.istc.sri.com (Greg Skinner) Organization: SRI International, Menlo Park CA Lines: 32 In article <5145@pdn.UUCP> reggie@pdn.UUCP (George W. Leach) writes: >There are those who would have loved to have seen him run in 88. >However, when questioned on this posibility, Senator Bradley informed the >interviewer that he did not feel he was adequately prepared for that job >and needed to prepare himself first. The man has something else that many, >not just in politics, do not: integrity. It is unfortunate that more people do not hold this attitude. In our society, we are sent messages that say the position and power of the things we aspire to are more important than the things themselves. (Example: lots of children are told that they should be doctors or lawyers because of the high salaries they can make, but not that being doctors or lawyers is worthwhile because they will be able to aid others.) Our society has made it too easy to become rich and famous. Hard work for its own sake is becoming lost. >Here is a man who passed up going >right to professional basketball to take advantage of a Rhodes Scholarship. >How many college athletes would make this same choice? I doubt many college athletes are Rhodes Scholar materials, but that is another issue. I would be happy if more college athletes were encouraged to take their studies seriously, rather than allowing themselves to be placed in "mickey-mouse" jock courses, or signing with professional teams for huge bonuses and never completing their college study. >He had has goals and priorities set early. I only wish I could discover >how he became so wise at such a young age. Yes, I do too. (Maybe he will write a book on it some day.) --gregbo