Educational Standards Demanding Hard Work Called Discriminatory[semi-satire]

Semi-News/Semi-Satire ^ | 9 May 2015 | John Semmens

[John Semmens]

California’s Pacific Educational Group (PEG) denounced educational standards that require students to study and work hard in order to graduate as “discrimination against Black students.”

PEG co-chair Kenneth K. Knowlton asserted that “Blacks are less likely to respond to fundamental ideas like working hard to achieve success, or being on time for school or work. The notion that such attitudes ought to be instilled in every student is a racist endeavor that seeks to submerge this vital subculture.”

“What’s more, the contention that hard work is a key to success is belied by reality,” Knowlton maintained. “A significant segment of the Black subculture has learned to survive on government benefit programs that do not require hard work. Adapting to these programs is a viable low-energy route to reasonably comfortable subsistence in our society. In terms of return on investment or effort it is very efficient. A school’s attempt to divert students from this efficient path does them a disservice.”

A statistic bolstering Knowlton’s claims was obtained from a Department of Agriculture study indicating that 40% of the people on Food Stamps are obese—a finding that Knowlton contended “debunks the old-fashioned thinking that warns of the privation awaiting those who don’t put forth the effort to support themselves.”

In related news, British academic Adam Swift charged that “parents who read to their children are giving them an unfair advantage over children whose parents are unable or unwilling to read to their children. Evidence shows that the difference between those who get bedtime stories and those who don’t – the difference in their life chances – is bigger than the difference between those who get elite private schooling and those that don’t. For the sake of equality of opportunity we ought to figure out a way to interdict this type of selfish behavior.”

Swift lamented the improbability for success “as long as children are entrusted to the care of their own parents. If all children could be separated from their parents at an early age and raised by childcare professionals, a more uniform experience would be more easily ensured. All or none could be read to as seems most conducive to the collective well-being of society.”

if you missed any of this week's other semi-news/semi-satire posts you can find them at...

http://azconservative.org/2015/05/09/state-department-declines-to-pursue-influence-peddling-allegations/

[silverleaf]

Sadly it is not satire but accepted practice in our schools for certain cultures to belittle those among them who try achieve academic success

Several different cultures

[Louis Foxwell]

John,
You need to Swift up your game. Your satire is no longer satire. It is an only slightly jaundiced depiction of liberal practices. I mention Swift (A Modest Proposal)because I am certain there is a Gosnell recipe for baked....

[BobL]

“In related news, British academic Adam Swift charged that “parents who read to their children are giving them an unfair advantage over children whose parents are unable or unwilling to read to their children.”

He’s wrong...there is no advantage for the kid, when the parents read to him - no different than telling the kid a story from memory. The liberals concocted the entire “read to junior” meme to keep parents busy doing stuff that doesn’t help the kid, rather than stuff that does help.

But there is a HUGE ADVANTAGE for the kid, when those same parents take the time to TEACH the kid to read for himself...which is doable for any (non-disabled) kid by age 4. But that takes EFFORT, so 95% of parents will let their ‘free’ public (and private) schools attempt to do that (with usually crappy results).

Fortunately, my kids are in the 5% that were taught to read well before the schools got a hold of them - but I realize most parents have higher priorities for their precious time.