Posted on 02/10/2010 9:11:39 AM PST by SeekAndFind
Once again public schools focus on the underachievers at the expense of the good students.
I guess it’s “fair” not to teach science to the general population of the schools because some students just don’t get it and have no interest in it. Basically, it boils down to the fact that some parents are embarrassed that other kids are smarter than their kids.
Marxism rears its head once again, leading to the usual failure.
They’re liberals. It’s the only thing that makes them feel like they matter, when they “support the underdog”, no matter whom it hurts.
Key phrase:
“In the language of the politically correct, achievement is equated with privilege. Such verbal sleight of hand evades the question whether individuals’ priorities and efforts affect outcomes, whether in education or in other endeavors.”
Ever since school integration, high schools have become bi-modal - ghetto trolls and the college bound enrolled in the same school. Then, the race hustlers bemoan the “gap” of achievement.
Berkeley’s move is simply the latest in the liberal quest to eliminate excellence in America through the dumbing down of public schools.
The liberals are the only thing creating the racial gap. If it weren’t for these idiots, children of every race would succeed together or fail together.
As usual, liberals are the source of every human problem.
I certainly hope you helped them out by signing up. I can understand how the employer figured shifting the "buyout" money to soften the increase in premiums might make sense to the business. My company dropped the ESOP program and put the money into limiting health care insurance premiums. It is no surprise that employees are buying less stock now. Every choice has a consequence.
At least the parents of that black kid put him in summer school to try and help him. He just didn’t want the help.
Can teach children how to use the scientific method to prove something. Their scams to steal trillions of dollars under the guise of “Global Climate Change” would fall flat.
I don't agree with that at all. Endless piles of money have been thrown at trying to "fix" the achievement gap between racial groups. It has persisted unchanged for the last 50 years. There are genetic, cultural, political and societal reasons behind the problem. If you cherry pick some individuals on the high end of the IQ curve and shelter them from the negative cultural influences, you might succeed. In the real world where the socialists force a room of mixed ability children together and teach to the the capability of the least capable child in the room, you get crappy results. Separate them by ability and teach of room full of similarly capable students. You'll get a better result. Intelligence is not improved by osmosis.
I do agree that you can create a room full of children that can all fail together. It is done daily in the public schools.
If we could just incorporate rap into science education maybe things would get better.
Many schools still have teacher IAs pull low-achieving students out of class and have them work in small groups.
Unfortunately many districts across the country are laying off teachers and IAs so more money can go to useless programs which amount to nothing but restrictions on the curriculum. I hear teachers complain about this all the time. The people who actually care about the kids are not allowed to do their jobs.
Folks, I am not a rocket scientist, but can someone explain how a test can be racist?
Any test that has questions which refer to dead white men is both racist and sexist.
You are clearly in need of re-education.
Is there a camp I can attend? If so, can I get a government subisdy to assist in tuiton?
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