Re:The War on Merit Takes a Bizarre Turn
by havetocharge on Thursday December 22, 2022 @12:51AM
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I did not think that the point of the article is to complain about award withholding from Asian students.. although the attribution of race seems misplaced.
I thought the point was about the loss of meritocracy and the redefinition of what it means to fail. And grading work on a 50-100 scale.. you really don't think that's weird?
Re:The War on Merit Takes a Bizarre Turn
by johnnyo on Thursday December 22, 2022 @12:57AM
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The focus of the article is on a parent complaining they didn’t get notified about a certificate their kid received.
Re:The War on Merit Takes a Bizarre Turn
by asranomani on Thursday December 22, 2022 @09:52PM
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No it's not. It's about a pattern of withholding merit information from parents and students for years.
They begin their article with the thesis that the school is “withholding awards” from Asian families.
When you read what actually happened, the school gave certificates to all student in mid November.
One parent is mad because the school didn’t separately notify the parent separately, and they didn’t do it “fast enough” so their kid could list it on an early college admission.
On its merits, the argument falls apart under analysis of the data.