Posted on 05/26/2006 11:31:53 AM PDT by Mikey_1962
Attorneys for a group of students who sued the state to suspend the high school exit exam have filed an emergency request with a state appeals court. They want the court to urgently hear their claims the test should be suspended for this year's graduating class.
On Wednesday, the state Supreme Court stayed a lower court's injunction that had barred the exam from taking effect for the Class of 2006. It meant the exam would be a requirement for seniors to graduate.
The students and their parents argued that the exam is discriminatory because all California students do not have equal preparation or instruction.
Approximately 47,000 students had not yet passed the English and math test by March.
Complete crock of BS. The test is for a 7th grader. And they can't pass it 5 years later?
Justice for the stupid!!!
Justice for the lazy!!!!
Study or sue?
Sue or study?
So many hard choices.
All exams are discriminatory and should be ended immediately.
It levels the playing field for those that did not care about their education and those that did. Sort of reduces the meaning of High School Graduate.
Yes, but they have the $$$$$$ to hire lawyers to contest it.
Horse hockey. They all have the same text books, it's just a matter of opening them.
What this article does not mention is that the lawsuit was originally brought by a Mexican national (illegal) who has been in the country 4 yrs. She doesn't speak English well enough to pass the test.
I am sure that the current lawsuit is also by illegals.
If they put half as much energy into studying and preparing for the test as they put into suing, they would do well enough to pass the test.
Put another way most of those who failed the test also did'nt complete their coursework and would'nt graduate in any case.
Not that a highschool diploma means anything these days (except that the student can work a system well enough to live through four years of BS).
Fine,
Go ahead and let them "graduate". Every employer worth their salt is going to ask for proof that they passed the exit exam, which will become the new "actual" diploma.
The folks pushing for this don't realize that they are themselves building an underclass. I guess it's easier than teaching eh?
You can't actually expect the children to be RESPONSIBLE for learning anything, can you?
I mean COME ON, this is America where I have the right to life (oh wait, no you don't have that right unless your mother says so), liberty (well, after May 20th or so when you're done paying your taxes for the year), and the pursuit of happiness (ok, maybe you don't actually have to PURSUE it, you should just HAVE IT).
And thus, this exan is obviously discriminatory because it makes the whiny kids unhappy.
Justice for the lawyers!!!
Can't you just see the proud parents as they explain all this to the guests at their little angels' graduation parties? Jeez, doesn't shame count for anything anymore?
Gee, I wonder which Clinton or Carter appointee they ran to.
Next thing you know, High School students will sue to extend vacation to 12 months a year.And perhaps win with the courts they have in California.
I'd be more inclined to consider their argument if they were using lawyers who couldn't pass the bar exam.
These people have no shame. They come over the border without regard for the law, the environment or the destruction of another country's culture.
I'd love to see the names of those who failed the test published in a list on the Internet.
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