Your Manners And Competence Are Deeply Problematic

David Thompson ^ | 20 Sep 2021 | DavidThompson

[Rummyfan]

At a time when, despite increases in school funding, almost 80% of black and Hispanic eighth graders have been deemed “not proficient” in maths or reading, it’s unclear how improvements might be made while simultaneously graduating high-school pupils regardless of their performance, or even their attendance, and while shying from the existence of such terribly oppressive things as correct answers.

But as we’ve been told, more than once, “suspending proficiency requirements” will – in ways that are somewhat unobvious – “benefit” those on whom these things are inflicted.

And parents will doubtless take comfort in the feats of mental contortion performed by those to whom their children are entrusted – including the self-satisfied insistence, by high-school teacher Josh Thompson, that behaving in class is “white supremacy.” You see, paying attention and not being disruptive, so that things might actually be learned, if only by some of those present, is “passive” and a product of “white culture.” And expecting basic standards of behaviour – say, respecting other pupils who are trying to hear what’s being said - is “the definition of white supremacy,” and therefore very, very bad.

A position, incidentally, that’s more common that one might think.

And then there’s the spectacle of Virginia Tech educator Dr Crystal Duncan Lane apologising to her class for the sin of being white – in itself, we’re told, proof of “innate racism.” A claim that not only constitutes a kind of racial gaslighting, but which, in the name of progressive piety, also manages to insult any students with pale skin, and from whom, a pantomime of pretentious collective guilt is evidently expected.

[Kevmo]

Maybe we should say to the black community: “Go Fix Yourself”.
***aka GFY

[Kevmo]

Go into any inner city neighborhood, and folks will tell you that government alone can’t teach our kids to learn — they know that parents have to teach, that children can’t achieve unless we raise their expectations and turn off the television sets and eradicate the slander that says a black youth with a book is acting white. ~Barack Obama , 2004 Democratic National Convention

Speech at 2004 Democratic National Convention

[Rummyfan]

The "Not Invited to the real Tournament"?...

Back in the day only thirty-two teams went to the NCAA Tournament. And regardless of what you did in the regular season, if you didn't win your conference tournament championship you didn't go to the Big Dance. That was the automatic bid. So the NIT was a big deal then.

[Rummyfan]

And this:

Low achievement? Dump the tests

[Jewbacca]

8 daughters.

I am now a reserve pilot for the IDF, but work for a defense contractor in (mainly) the USA, but also NATO and Japan/Australia/Korea.

[Vaduz]

Government controlled unions tend to do that it’s why they want to control all of them Mafia not happy.

JFK pass the law for public workers to have unions for a reason.

[EEGator]

A pilot and a household of 9 women. You Sir are indestructible.

[simpson96]

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