College credit for 9th-grade ethnic studies (in San Francisco)

San Francisco Chronicle ^ | March 1, 2010 | Jill Tucker

[ProtectOurFreedom]

"We're not really looking for the 4.4 (grade point average) students," he said. "We're looking for the 2.1 or 2.2 students."

LOL. He even admits the class is worthless -- let's rope the dumb kids into taking the new basketweaving class. In the not-so-distant past, these kids would have at least been learning the start of a vocation in auto shop.

[ProtectOurFreedom]

Donno...you are really out of touch. The notion that a 4.0 was as far as you could get went out of vogue 20 or 30 years ago. Honors and AP classes can take you almost all the way to a 5.0

[AmishDude]

Why wait for 9th grade? Third graders are overqualified for ethnic studies courses.

Kill the humanities.

[achilles2000]

What are the white kids going to take???

Math and English.

[achilles2000]

Kill the humanities.

In light of their current state...Yes, unfortunately.

[AmishDude]

You can throw the baby out with the bathwater if it’s already drowned.

[hinckley buzzard]

"We're not really looking for the 4.4 (grade point average) students," he said. "We're looking for the 2.1 or 2.2 students."

In other words, "White and Asian students are unwelcome. We want some really good stupid Black kids, maybe a few idiot Chicanos."

[hinckley buzzard]

They will be talkng about ancient Egyptians flying around the pyramids in their ancient airplanes, using ESP to communicate.

[bamahead]

Students cannot fail the class. They either receive a "pass" grade or are withdrawn from the course if it appears they cannot pass, Perea said.

What do you expect? It's San Francisco. They don't exactly produce the brightest bulbs in the box.



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[FreedomPoster]

All those ethnic studies courses will really make those H.S. diplomas worth so much more to prospective employers . . .

[spintreebob]

re: Yes, there is a huge demand for ethnic studies grads /s

The number of clases that need ehtnic studies teachers just expanded.

But seriously, colleges are still struggling to find ways to get around the affirmative action limits put on them by reactionary referendum and the cultural genocide by the victorian white straight male.

[Altura Ct.]

The number of clases that need ehtnic studies teachers just expanded.

Indeed it did.

Wonder why it can't double again?

Let's see if I've got this straight. In a country where race is a supposed to be a non existent trait/identifier particularly for whites we have race specific and government backed college credit for this.

Somebody remind me again why this is a good idea? Why is any of this racial grievence industry crap treated as if it is innocuous to whites in particular and the US in general?