Absurdity
A perfect score is an even accomlishment for all who attain it
4.0
Inflating that for extra cirricular is just part of school over congragulating
I witnessed it today with my own eyes
8 th graders
I blame women...sorry...totally have snockered schools with touchy feely bullshit
I would blame NEA teachers and administrators regardless of gender.
I truly understand where you're coming from. Many, many decades ago when I was in the school system, I truly LOVED the idea that the Ancient Romans saw mathematical brilliance as embodied in a woman -- Minerva. SHE was a formidable woman: intelligent and cunning-- Goddess of mathematics and battle strategy. You would pray to Mars to start a war, but to Minerva to help you end it.
There is no model of Minerva-like behavior today. There is no brilliance to aspire to. Everything is either revolting sexual gyrations on stage or abortions or free birth control, with there is nothing else. The concept of a woman owning mathematics is now as foreign as the concept of the Republicans freeing the slaves. It's sad. Losing Minerva is the real war on women.