[FormerFRLurker]

The folks who stand to lose the most from this “reform” are actually high-achieving black and Hispanic students. Bad enough that all bright children are being held back to make the duller students feel better about themselves (”Harrison Bergeron” was not supposed to be a how-to manual!). But many high-achieving students are bullied by their peers. For these students honors and AP classes are an escape hatch to surround themselves with fellow high achievers and physically separate themselves from the bullies. This is true for high achievers of all races, but especially for minority students who get accused of “acting white” on top of the usual “nerd” insults.

[Wallace T.]

Vancouver, Canada, has a large Asian population, and no doubt names like Wang, Patel, and Yakimoto are represented among honor students in a higher proportion than they are to the general student population. It is ironic that leftist white Canadians will be punishing highly intelligent Asian Canadians for past white abuse of aboriginal Canadians.