Posted on 09/09/2021 10:59:31 AM PDT by John Semmens
Mayor Bill de Blasio's Department of Education is planning to get rid of schools' honor rolls. "By extolling excellence we harm the psyches of the other students," the Mayor complained. "Not everyone has the ability to excel or even pass the classes our schools offer. When these less able students see peers praised for outdoing them they can't help but feel somehow diminished. Considering the racial composition of those who make the honor roll compared to those who don't, the whole scheme looks racist."
De Blasio complained that "the very practice of acknowledging accomplishment is inherently inequitable. By doing it in our schools we enforce the idea that a person who invents a new product or starts a profitable business is in some way a more valuable member of society than a person who lives on welfare or turns to crime as a way of life. If we want to end the notion that some people are better than others we need to start by ending the practice of rewarding those who master the subjects we teach in our schools."
As a substitute for honoring high achievers the Mayor urged that "we honor students for their efforts. A mentally challenged student who manages to come to class more or less regularly is more worthy of praise than a gifted student who easily grasps academic knowledge. Grading should be modified to reflect this socially progressive reality."
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“By extolling excellence we harm the psyches of the other students,”
So lets dumb all students down to the “CEE” average so smarter students just give up and become part of the sheeple thereby easier to control.
And when everybody is speshul… nobody will be.
“ By doing it in our schools we enforce the idea that a person who invents a new product or starts a profitable business is in some way a more valuable member of society than a person who lives on welfare or turns to crime as a way of life. ”
Because they ARE doofus.
They all should be rewarded for getting to school without being murdered.
Sad to say this is no longer satire....
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