All about race and affirmative action.
The natural end result.
What’s the point?
End public education!
A lot of people are convinced that home schoolers home school because they are up to no good and are hiding something. Projection.
How many points is getting your name right?
Yeah, so, if I score 10% in each section of a 4 section test, that means I scored 40%. Is that right??
Idiocracy has arrived.
And to think, I used to be proud of my 1962 Regent’s Diploma.....(sigh)
The First Rule of bureaucracies . . . self preservation
The kids and society be damned
It’s ALL about MEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE
Parents not wishing an “affirmative action” life for their kids need to send them to private schools, or home school them to get educated.
Down the road they will be leaders...”in the land of the blind, the one-eyed man is King.”.
Let them see the meaning of “unintended consequences”, and “trophies for all”.
As long as they can spell “**** Trump”, they pass.
There was a universally recognized first rate math professor at a highly rated university who gave tests to his students. 10% was an A+. His tests were really that hard. A Fields' medalist would probably get a 20%
This is the problem with grade inflation. We think some percentage on some arbitrary scale is an indicator of something. 30% of what is the question.
No doubt the point about dumbing down our schools is correct, but the title of the article demonstrates how successful they have been.
In years gone by at some rebutably tough high schools a "C" was sufficient to get into the toughest universities in the country. Now, for instance, in the University of California System you need a 4.987 on a scale of 0 to 4.0. And then you are just competitive.
It's all meaningless twaddle.
Guessing 1 out of a 4-answer multiple choice would give a 25%. So only lucky guessers graduate?
Glenn Ford’s ‘’Blackboard Jungle’’ told about all of this chicanery decades ago.
This is the left at work.
They want equal outcomes for all, in spite of unequal abilities and unequal effort.
This is the ideal of communism: from all according to their ability, to all according to their need.
Eventually, the smart hard workers rebel against their money being taken and given to dumb slackers.
Exactly what the current USA tax system does. It takes from the successful, and gives to the indolent. It’s throughout the tax system, at all levels, federal and state. And we think we’re a capitalist country.
I can’t prove it, but I’d wager if any HS is named after Booker T Washington, those scores would be statistically significantly higher than HS named after Roosevelt or W.E.B. Dubois.
I’ll just bet I’m right.
And wait till automation really kicks in and takes all of the jobs. No education ( to speak of ) in an automated world needing advanced tech skills could lead to some serious challenges. Combine that with the serious education in places like China, Japan, etc and the place will soon look a lot like one of the sh1th0les we heard about.
But hey... Party today and don’t worry about tomorrow.
Liberals want people pliable and malleable so they can convince them that they need socialism to get ahead. Capitalism is evil.
With a 30% passing rate in math, that means 70% of these kids don't have a clue.
Just the way the liberals want it. Young and stupid is their voter base.
Liberals love to show great crime rates when they stop enforcing the law, great graduation rates when they stop enforcing scholastic requirements, great hiring rates when they stop hiring all but the privileged minorities and great admission rates to colleges when they discriminate against whites and asians in the admissions process.
So many attribute these things to poor teaching, parenting, family life etc.
What nobody is willing to say out loud is these kids are stupid. They were born stupid and they’ll always be stupid.
There is no educational method nor compassionate, engaged teaching that will change it.
1. Teaching Math In 1950s A logger sells a truckload of timber for $100. His cost of production is 4/5 of the price. What is his profit?
2. Teaching Math In 1970s A logger sells a truckload of timber for $100. His cost of production is 4/5 of the price, or $80. What is his profit?
3. Teaching Math In 1990s A logger sells a truckload of timber for $100. His cost of production is $80. Did he make a profit ? Yes or No
4. Teaching Math In 2000s A logger sells a truckload of timber for $100. His cost of production is $80 and his profit is $20. Your assignment: Underline the number 20.
5. Teaching Math In 2015s A logger cuts down a beautiful forest because he is selfish and inconsiderate and cares nothing for the habitat of animals or the preservation of our woodlands. He does this so he can make a profit of $20. What do you think of this way of making a living? Topic for class participation after answering the question: How did the birds and squirrels feel as the logger cut down their homes? (There are no wrong answers, feel free to express your feelings e.g, anger, anxiety, inadequacy, helplessness etc.)
Should you require debriefing at conclusion of exam there are counsellors available to assist you adjust back into the real world.
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