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Re:San Francisco schools banned kids from taking algebra in ... by cwalv on Friday March 31, 2023 @01:03AM (#35382797)
Equal outcomes is a fine goal, and this is a terrible example of a good way to achieve it. It may be the quickest/easiest way (maybe even the only way given the levers they have control over), but that doesn't make it good.
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Re:San Francisco schools banned kids from taking algebra in ... by nonethewiser on Friday March 31, 2023 @08:53PM (#35395847)
Merit, effort, intelligence, empathy, effort etc. aren’t equally distributed.

Why should a cruel person with tons of advantages and no motivation experience the same as a smart, kind, hard working person? If you’re not for that you can see equal outcomes are a bad goal.

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