The only way to get equality is to tear down everyone to the lowest common denominator.

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[–]iamonlyoneman 3 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 0 fun4 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

What you have described is the core belief behind the word equity. Equity is equality after you chop everyones legs off to make the tall ones the same height as the short ones.

[–]Canbot[S] 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Thanks liberals. Everything you touch turns to shit.

[–][deleted] 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (6 children)

I'd actually be interested to see the results, the lottery might actually find more worthy kids than the kids of hyper-involved parents that push their kids into gifted and talented programs.

[–]Canbot[S] 5 insightful - 2 fun5 insightful - 1 fun6 insightful - 2 fun -  (5 children)

LOL. That is what testing does. Parents can't take tests for you. The results are predictable and will never see the light of day. The curriculum will be gutted to keep the diversity inclusions from failing out. The environment where hard working, intelligent kids could push themselves and grow at an accelerates rate will be destroyed. The gap between them and the dumb kids will effectively narrow and that will be the talking point.

[–][deleted] 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (4 children)

My parents never bothered with the g&t programs when I was a kid. It takes a certain kind of parent is all I'm saying.

[–]Canbot[S] 4 insightful - 1 fun4 insightful - 0 fun5 insightful - 1 fun -  (2 children)

It was never the parents putting kids into those programs. It is the teachers' job to identify kids who qualify, test them, and guide them into the programs. Then in high school it is the kids' job to seek them out and apply. The schools incentive is that those kids would pull up the standardized test scores for the school.

[–][deleted] 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

Just telling you my experience with it. Grew up with parents who weren't interested in my education despite my genius.

[–]Canbot[S] 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

No offense, but your subjective interpretation of your own experience is still a subjective interpretation. Coming to terms with that might help you find a little peace in the ways you feel you were wronged or failed. Accelerated classes are not a golden ticket to success. They are not even a required stepping stone. Whatever greatness you imagine you have should have carried you in other ways.

Maybe you should take some of that blame off your parents by acknowledging that the people tasked with grading you were your teachers.

Maybe your neglectful parents are the only reason you developed any intelligence. Hardship cultivates growth. Those who are successful long term are not the ones to whom things are handed.

[–]jet199 3 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 0 fun4 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

But to could well be that the kids of ambitious, hyper competitive parents inherit those traits and that's part of the reason they do well.

[–][deleted] 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (2 children)

This is the soul of communism.

[–]Canbot[S] 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

Funny you should say that. I forget who said it now, but a wise man once made the same connection between the communism that was destroying eastern Europe and the welfare state being built in America. The latter of course always going hand in hand with leftist policies like this.

[–][deleted] 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Funny you should say that. I am a wise man.