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Academic Standards

Postby wildrose » Thu Oct 22, 2020 6:41 am

San Diego School District Announces it Will Eliminate Grading Standards to “Combat Racism”
Bigotry of low expectations strikes again.
Rather than face the facts, educators are finding ways of avoiding reality and making things ten times worse in the process. It's very similar to the way an alcoholic turns to alcohol when things go wrong.
The horrific irony of this of course is that is will simply incentivize already underperforming students to act out in class and miss coursework deadlines. “The board will also review potential student disparities stemming from its zero-tolerance disciplinary policy on cheating in the coming weeks,” reports NBC News. Once again, this will only have the impact of encouraging underperforming students to cheat more.

https://summit.news/2020/10/20/san-diego-school-district-announces-it-will-eliminate-grading-standards-to-combat-racism/
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Re: Academic Standards

Postby CrustyOldFart » Thu Oct 22, 2020 7:37 am

Parents demand that their kids be successful even when their kids aren't very smart and so they blame low grades on teachers. This puts pressure on teachers to focus on keeping parents happy instead of teaching the kids. It's a downward spiral and we're pretty far down that spiral at this point.
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Re: Academic Standards

Postby BoraxBill » Thu Oct 22, 2020 8:37 am

Success is not something which is deserved, it's something which must be earned.
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Re: Academic Standards

Postby dzrtdwg » Sat Oct 24, 2020 6:17 am

Parents want their special snowflakes to have high self-esteem, but they forget that unearned success can only lead to low self-esteem in the end. Eventually the kids realize that it was all a sham.
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Re: Academic Standards

Postby torn80 » Sat Oct 24, 2020 8:08 am

Big Sean ~ Ya lil stupid ass bitch I ain't Fuckin With you ~ Movie Fist Fight ~ Alexa Nisenson
It seems that many parents look at the father in this scene as a hero of some kind and that's easy to do if you allow your emotions to be manipulated by the people responsible for the movie. Further reflection (and at least some intelligence) would produce the conclusion that this is a really dysfunctional father-daughter relationship being depicted. Even within the context of the movie it is problematic, but too many parents buy into these cheesy Hollywood productions and everyone is worse off as a result. Or put in terms used in the movie: Lame ass father and dumb ass daughter get up on stage and go full retard for everyone to see, but stupid ass movie tries to make that look legit even though any half ass idiot should be able to see through the obvious ass bullshit!
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Re: Academic Standards

Postby shadylady » Sat Oct 24, 2020 9:08 am

FIST FIGHT - Official Red Band Trailer
Overall the movie looks pretty funny and it probably does make some reasonably valid points about inner-city schools. I agree that the daddy-daughter scene is pretty cringy, but Ice Tea saying "F*** the Police" is pretty classic.
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Re: Academic Standards

Postby shadylady » Sat Oct 24, 2020 9:18 am

Fist Fight Civil War Documentary Scene
Although the Ice Tea character goes crazy in this scene his reaction is quite reasonable as far as I'm concerned especially considering the way the wimpy ass dipshit allows the kids to turn off the TV the second time. The problem here are the kids who don't want to learn and the wimpy ass dipshit who enables the students to get away with their stupid pranks. What we need are bad ass dudes like Ice Tea laying down the law in order to turn things around!
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Re: Academic Standards

Postby dzrtdwg » Sun Oct 25, 2020 7:37 am

Funny movie and the father of that girl is the biggest pussy I've ever seen! Total loser! I was cheering for Ice Tea at the end and the guy would have been dead at least five times.
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Re: Academic Standards

Postby cactuspete » Mon Oct 26, 2020 6:29 am

Let's Give Everyone an A!
Fact: Some racial groups get better grades than others.
Solution: Get rid of grades.
Problem: How do you know who is actually learning?
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Re: Academic Standards

Postby desertrat » Mon Oct 26, 2020 6:56 am

How to Debunk the Left's Claims on Income Inequality and Systemic Racism
The left fails to understand the problem and their so-called solutions only make things worse. Doing away with grades is a perfect example of how the left is completely clueless. When their policies make things worse, they cry racism even louder.
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