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Posted on 08/13/2021 12:37:40 PM PDT by Tolerance Sucks Rocks
OREGON—Oregon high schools have removed requirements to learn reading, writing, math, and basic social skills for kids graduating and moving on into the real world. The reason, according to one Oregon school board member, is to make sure they aren't influenced by far-right misinformation present in Thomas Sowell books, Jordan Peterson books, and other Nazi-adjacent authors. "We have to protect these kids," said Dr. Ethan Bremington (they/them), a superintendent of one Portland high school. "They were learning to read and going off and reading unapproved material. We really hoped they would use their reading skills to read The Communist Manifesto and other approved reading materials. Instead, many of them fell down the far-right rabbit hole, starting with Jordan Peterson and Thomas Sowell and eventually getting to really bad material such as The Federalist Papers and The Constitution. They're safe now." At publishing time, sources had confirmed the reason they are stopping math classes is so that kids won't be good at math and therefore will be more likely to become socialists.
The taxpayers ought to campaign to defund K-12 education, since high school graduates won’t be required to read, write, or do math any longer.
I agree.
Great one. I was 2/3rds through before I realized it was the Bee.
Finally, a child-safe education!
DANG!
Even though it is, I don’t think this is as satirical as they think.
Didn’t Oregon just suspended he requirement to be proficient in math and English, to not harm minorities
My new phrase for the day.
They did, and I’m pretty sure that the Bee was just riffing off of that decision.
Good point.
(Music) “Ignorance Marches On!” (Music concludes).
As opposed to Communist-occupied authors.
I remember it used to be illegal to teach black slaves to read and write.
Slave masters denied education too.
Babylon Bee is now the most accurate news source in the U.S.
I'm sure John Semmens has comparable accuracy.
Yes you are right.
Should have included JS but didn’t, my bad.
(I hate being lazy but apparently not enough to stop.)
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