Eli, great article. The overwhelming evidence is that these programs are destroying the young people they cynically claim they want to protect. I find it mind boggling that so many people don’t see through it and recognize it as a complete disregard for anything but a way to power, no matter they destroy. Hypocrisy is an understatement. As a long-ago Stanford grad, I’m embarrassed by the school. They send placating platitude filled reassurances to the alumnae but the rot seeps through.
Great article, Eli. It was tracking that allowed me to discover my love of math and my aptitude for it, and some great Philly teachers that encouraged me, including two brilliant women.
There's one argument from the DEI crowd that I've always been surprised NOT to have heard yet. Your statistics showing the minority students in particular and California students in general have poor math skills are based on standardized tests. They often claim that standardized tests are racist and biased. It seems they can simply claim that the tests are wrong and these kids are doing great. Have you heard that argument? Instead I hear that the programs are failing because 1) they don't have enough funding and 2) SYSTEMIC RACISM.
Thanks for another great article Eli! Pointing out what should be obvious with the progressive agenda is something I have observed since the mid 60's. Keep up the great work!
The assumption that we will make people smarter and more successful by teaching them less and having lower expectations of them is so logically flawed that it has to be a Trojan Horse for something sinister. In fact, it’s hard to believe that such an absurd and destructive policy could be defended on any reasonable grounds at all. But as you point out, white guilt and the pathology of DEI are powerful drivers and they have a long history. The rejection of first principles by academic institutions in order to virtue signal is shocking and depressing.
It’s a tough battle to win when supposedly smart people prefer to camouflage themselves in ideologically driven stupidity.
Thanks for taking them on, Eli. You make your point very well and you have ethics, truth and context on your side.
Anybody with teens, particularly in blue states, has no way to counter this pattern of destruction.
She and people like her have done so much harm. People like her and her acolytes do more harm to American than criminals. Most criminals meet justice, and many had (arguably) reasons for the harm they did to us. People like her, and everybody else on this CRT/DEI crusade since 2010, are sickening.
I have spent 20 years listening to their ridiculous claims in committees and workshops. They are like D students. They just say things they like. But nobody can correct them. You lose your job.
Eli, great article. The overwhelming evidence is that these programs are destroying the young people they cynically claim they want to protect. I find it mind boggling that so many people don’t see through it and recognize it as a complete disregard for anything but a way to power, no matter they destroy. Hypocrisy is an understatement. As a long-ago Stanford grad, I’m embarrassed by the school. They send placating platitude filled reassurances to the alumnae but the rot seeps through.
Great article, Eli. It was tracking that allowed me to discover my love of math and my aptitude for it, and some great Philly teachers that encouraged me, including two brilliant women.
There's one argument from the DEI crowd that I've always been surprised NOT to have heard yet. Your statistics showing the minority students in particular and California students in general have poor math skills are based on standardized tests. They often claim that standardized tests are racist and biased. It seems they can simply claim that the tests are wrong and these kids are doing great. Have you heard that argument? Instead I hear that the programs are failing because 1) they don't have enough funding and 2) SYSTEMIC RACISM.
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The Best Way
To Re-Educate The Woke
Is To Cut Off Their Allowances.
Stop Making Allowances For Them.
Completely.
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Thanks for another great article Eli! Pointing out what should be obvious with the progressive agenda is something I have observed since the mid 60's. Keep up the great work!
The assumption that we will make people smarter and more successful by teaching them less and having lower expectations of them is so logically flawed that it has to be a Trojan Horse for something sinister. In fact, it’s hard to believe that such an absurd and destructive policy could be defended on any reasonable grounds at all. But as you point out, white guilt and the pathology of DEI are powerful drivers and they have a long history. The rejection of first principles by academic institutions in order to virtue signal is shocking and depressing.
It’s a tough battle to win when supposedly smart people prefer to camouflage themselves in ideologically driven stupidity.
Thanks for taking them on, Eli. You make your point very well and you have ethics, truth and context on your side.
Anybody with teens, particularly in blue states, has no way to counter this pattern of destruction.
She and people like her have done so much harm. People like her and her acolytes do more harm to American than criminals. Most criminals meet justice, and many had (arguably) reasons for the harm they did to us. People like her, and everybody else on this CRT/DEI crusade since 2010, are sickening.
I have spent 20 years listening to their ridiculous claims in committees and workshops. They are like D students. They just say things they like. But nobody can correct them. You lose your job.