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Tom Kunich

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Nov 2, 2023, 10:44:33 AM11/2/23
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https://thehill.com/opinion/education/4288044-oregon-just-dropped-all-graduation-standards-failing-all-of-its-students-in-the-name-of-equity/

AMuzi

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Nov 2, 2023, 11:48:39 AM11/2/23
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On 11/2/2023 9:44 AM, Tom Kunich wrote:
> https://thehill.com/opinion/education/4288044-oregon-just-dropped-all-graduation-standards-failing-all-of-its-students-in-the-name-of-equity/

Late to the game.
Chicago school system reports 'record high graduation rates'
despite a roughly 5% literacy rate for grads.
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Catrike Rider

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Nov 2, 2023, 4:32:34 PM11/2/23
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On Thu, 2 Nov 2023 10:48:33 -0500, AMuzi <a...@yellowjersey.org> wrote:

>On 11/2/2023 9:44 AM, Tom Kunich wrote:
>> https://thehill.com/opinion/education/4288044-oregon-just-dropped-all-graduation-standards-failing-all-of-its-students-in-the-name-of-equity/
>
>Late to the game.
>Chicago school system reports 'record high graduation rates'
>despite a roughly 5% literacy rate for grads.


Wait? they're giving a diploma to students who can't even read it?

Tom Kunich

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Nov 2, 2023, 5:03:24 PM11/2/23
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This really isn't all that new. Although the people that were due to go to college usually could read write and do simple math, they really couldn't think. That is why it is so funny that Flunky and Liebermann think that a college diploma gives them any advantage at all. As I pointed out - I was doing research and development design and programming, Flunk is nothing more than a manufacturing engineer (not that there's anything wrong with that but you can hardly compare it to REAL R&D) Liebermann got a degree and he doesn't even know what a microprocessor is. Large scale integration is a complete mystery to him.

When I turned up at my high school reunion, MOST of the people there had gone on to college and not one of them ever made much of a dent in business of any sort. Now these were good people, but if you don't have the ability to apply an education it is of no use. Most machinists and mechanics I knew were smarter.

AMuzi

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Nov 2, 2023, 5:42:55 PM11/2/23
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Yep. Last four mayors..

John B.

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Nov 2, 2023, 8:25:53 PM11/2/23
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On Thu, 2 Nov 2023 16:42:49 -0500, AMuzi <a...@yellowjersey.org> wrote:

>On 11/2/2023 3:32 PM, Catrike Rider wrote:
>> On Thu, 2 Nov 2023 10:48:33 -0500, AMuzi <a...@yellowjersey.org> wrote:
>>
>>> On 11/2/2023 9:44 AM, Tom Kunich wrote:
>>>> https://thehill.com/opinion/education/4288044-oregon-just-dropped-all-graduation-standards-failing-all-of-its-students-in-the-name-of-equity/
>>>
>>> Late to the game.
>>> Chicago school system reports 'record high graduation rates'
>>> despite a roughly 5% literacy rate for grads.
>>
>>
>> Wait? they're giving a diploma to students who can't even read it?
>
>Yep. Last four mayors..

Well (:-) If nothing else it does tend to reduce the student load on
the school system (:-)

And really, if you are going to hang around on the corner and sell
drugs do you really, truly, need to be able to read?
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John B.

AMuzi

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Nov 3, 2023, 9:37:47 AM11/3/23
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Once they learn to get 35 'grams' from one ounce they do
pretty well.

John B.

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Nov 4, 2023, 3:39:09 AM11/4/23
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Well... you must protect your users. It's really a good deed to dilute
the "bag". "Save the client from an overdose" (:-)
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Cheers,

John B.

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