With decades of teaching under my belt, I would say, with all the kids who passed through my portal, I had ONE child who was TRULY, TRULY gifted. One out of thousands.
This school is located in a mostly white, affluent suburb in CT.
Posted on 04/21/2022 7:56:23 AM PDT by grundle
"Harrison Bergeron" by Kurt Vonnegut
It is time for separation of school and state.
Because they are God-hating communists.
*** “Harrison Bergeron” by Kurt Vonnegut ***
That was my first reaction.
Because those reprobates prefer STUPID people.
The belief that public education is aware of any responsibility that it may have toward A) parents and B) taxpayers is a destructive one.
Public school is, one way or another, bound to become a waste of taxpayers’ money.
There aren’t enough blacks who meet the standards, therefore the program is racist. The logic of the leftards.
“Harrison Bergeron” by Kurt Vonnegut”
For some reason, I always imagined Janet Reno as the Handicapper General.
This has been the case for a Looooooooong time. I blame Bush and the “No Child Gets Ahead” legislation he signed.
Also, classrooms full of dull children need the smart kids to raise the class average, on which the teacher may be evaluated.
Leftist elites abolish gift programs in public schools and abolish standardized test scores like the SAT because such moves don’t affect them. (1) Their kids are in private schools. (2) The apples don’t fall far from the trees, and their kids are idiots who do poorly on the SAT, but can still get into a tony private college based on their private-school credentials, status as alumni legacies and/or parental donations.
*gifted* programs
Because man was created in the image of God, not Satan.
I would posit that once a community is in the throes of gentrification, exceptionalism goes out the window to be replaced with the bonds of mediocracy.
That about sums it up nicely.
Even obambam is culturist: “Parents have to... eradicate the slander that says a black youth with a book is acting white.” ~Barack Obama , 2004 Democratic National Convention
“EQUITY” Means same outcomes.
School districts have always hated gifted programs. This kind of thing has been going on since the 80s at least. I don’t know why. It’s a weird thing to fight against.
With decades of teaching under my belt, I would say, with all the kids who passed through my portal, I had ONE child who was TRULY, TRULY gifted. One out of thousands.
This school is located in a mostly white, affluent suburb in CT.
The Elites do NOT want smart kids from the working and middle class to be able to compete with their kids.
Captain Beatty, Fahrenheit 451: “It’s no good, Montag, we’ve all got to be alike; the only way to be happy is for everyone to be made equal!”
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