When I was in high school the normal track was algebra 1 in 9th grade, which led to trig/precalc senior year. And since they rigged the grading system by counting homework way too heavily there was no way for the smart kids could talk their way into higher classes unless they did all the busy work. Then they shit on the smart kids who wouldn't do the busy work by giving them the same grade as the retard who couldn't score above a 50 on a test but did the busy work like a pliant little serf. I can't tell you how much shit I got for refusing to do the 5th worksheet on this topic we've covered to death, and that we learned 3 years ago.
So this policy isn't really new, they're just taking a direct approach now instead of dressing it up in the skin of the legitimate education system they killed decades ago.
When I was in high school the normal track was algebra 1 in 9th grade, which led to trig/precalc senior year. And since they rigged the grading system by counting homework way too heavily there was no way for the smart kids could talk their way into higher classes unless they did all the busy work. Then they shit on the smart kids who wouldn't do the busy work by giving them the same grade as the retard who couldn't score above a 50 on a test but did the busy work like a pliant little serf. I can't tell you how much shit I got for refusing to do the 5th worksheet on this topic we've covered to death, and that we learned 3 years ago.
So this policy isn't really new, they're just taking a direct approach now instead of dressing it up in the skin of the legitimate education system they killed decades ago.