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Why Is The Left Waging A War On ‘Gifted’ Children?
Daily Caller ^ | October 15, 2021 | Laurel Duggan

Posted on 04/21/2022 7:56:23 AM PDT by grundle

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1 posted on 04/21/2022 7:56:23 AM PDT by grundle
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Kendi famously advocated for policies which produce equal outcomes across racial groups rather than equal opportunities.

"Harrison Bergeron" by Kurt Vonnegut

2 posted on 04/21/2022 7:58:11 AM PDT by ClearCase_guy (It's hard to "Believe all women" when judges say "I don't know what a woman is".)
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It is time for separation of school and state.


3 posted on 04/21/2022 7:58:26 AM PDT by BenLurkin ((The above is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion, or satire. Or both.))
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Because they are God-hating communists.


4 posted on 04/21/2022 7:59:01 AM PDT by ecomcon
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*** “Harrison Bergeron” by Kurt Vonnegut ***

That was my first reaction.


5 posted on 04/21/2022 7:59:50 AM PDT by brownsfan (It's going to take real, serious, hard times to wake the American public.)
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Because those reprobates prefer STUPID people.


6 posted on 04/21/2022 8:01:38 AM PDT by Howie66 (Let's Go Brandon!!)
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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.


7 posted on 04/21/2022 8:03:21 AM PDT by Scarlett156 (Oh baby. This is nowhere. Wish I was somewhere. Over you. )
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There aren’t enough blacks who meet the standards, therefore the program is racist. The logic of the leftards.


8 posted on 04/21/2022 8:05:24 AM PDT by bk1000 (Banned from Breitbart)
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“Harrison Bergeron” by Kurt Vonnegut”

For some reason, I always imagined Janet Reno as the Handicapper General.


9 posted on 04/21/2022 8:06:23 AM PDT by beef (Let’s go Baizuo!)
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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.


10 posted on 04/21/2022 8:06:39 AM PDT by Little Ray (Civilization runs on a narrow margin. What sustains it is not magic, but hard work. )
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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.


11 posted on 04/21/2022 8:07:07 AM PDT by irishjuggler
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*gifted* programs


12 posted on 04/21/2022 8:07:58 AM PDT by irishjuggler
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Because man was created in the image of God, not Satan.


13 posted on 04/21/2022 8:08:21 AM PDT by Telepathic Intruder
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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.


14 posted on 04/21/2022 8:08:42 AM PDT by LastDayz (A blunt and brazen Texan. I will not be assimilated.)
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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


15 posted on 04/21/2022 8:10:31 AM PDT by Kevmo (Give back Ukes their Nukes https://freerepublic.com/focus/news/4044080/posts)
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“EQUITY” Means same outcomes.


16 posted on 04/21/2022 8:12:13 AM PDT by Uncle Miltie ("Trannies be wack." - Gays)
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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.


17 posted on 04/21/2022 8:12:16 AM PDT by discostu (like a dog being shown a card trick)
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I wonder what are the *criteria* to be gifted or talented.

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.


18 posted on 04/21/2022 8:12:37 AM PDT by Daffynition (*This admin tells us *A* story; but they don't tell us *THE* story* & :) ~ D Bongino)
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The Elites do NOT want smart kids from the working and middle class to be able to compete with their kids.


19 posted on 04/21/2022 8:15:00 AM PDT by PapaBear3625 (We live in a time where intelligent people are being silenced so stupid people won’t be offended)
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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!”


20 posted on 04/21/2022 8:17:17 AM PDT by chajin ("There is no other name under heaven given among people by which we must be saved." Acts 4:12)
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