the district released data showing that minority students received more Ds and Fs than white students: Just 7 percent of whites received failing grades, as opposed to 23 percent of Native Americans, 23 percent of Hispanics, and 20 percent of black students.
Gee, maybe because white parents made their kids actually study and turn in their papers on time? Now, granted, I'm sidestepping around socio-economic reasons for the minority students to not be able to do so, but it seems to me that in school, much like in life, you get what you earn. As one of my college professors of a 200-level course said, "I don't give grades. You EARN your grade. If you're failing the class then you need to either step it up and get some tutoring at the student center, or you need to drop and go back to the 101 course until you get it." If hanging out on the corner with one's dope-smoking friends is more important than achievement in school, well, you get what you put in the effort for.
Under the new system, students will not be penalized for failing to complete assignments, and teachers will give them extra opportunities to demonstrate mastery of subjects.
Oh, no, no, don't bother turning in the project paper you half-assed. Teacher will give you enough lowball extra credit attempts to make up those points.
Common grading practices such as averaging a student's grade over time can disadvantage students who started the year behind grade level and can discredit the progress a student has made
In my entire life, I've never seen someone who was behind the curve in a class magically turn it around and suddenly become a A+ tier student in the period of a semester or a year. Even if they did, that still means they were screwing it up at the beginning, so if they were a "master" (oops, can't say that word anymore) proficient student at the end of the semester, their aggregate grade accurately depicts their overall progress.
Grades "shall not be influenced by behavior or factors that directly measure students' knowledge and skills in the content area,"
Meaning the student can go up to the teacher, say "I'LL SUCK YO DIIIIICK", and walk out with an A after wiping off their chin, because that has about as much value as their proposed grading system.
The whole fucking mess sounds like a recipe for disaster.
includes letter grades, but these will reflect student's "mastery" of the subject rather than their completion of homework, quizzes, and tests. What constitutes mastery is left unexplained.
to dismantle racism necessitates a learning environment free of the pressure to turn in assignments on time.
So it is racist to do homework and do your assignments on time. Do they realize how stupid this is?
Even more insane is that they think this will help anyone. From my own experience since I was to much playing wow, you have to do this stuff to learn, it is a formula with steps that help you learn, if you remove the incentive what do they think it is going to happen?
I agree that there are some who manage to learn in the last minute and get a good grade but those are few.
Even more, without clear tests that you can contest who wants to bet this system of "mastery" without definition is going to have a racial factor?
In the 90s, on more than one occasion, I was saddled working with (black) diversity hires before I was savvy enough to figure out how to avoid it and still keep my job.
They always had degrees in a relevant field, sometimes even in a hard subject like engineering or computer science some from allegedly good schools. And were universally completely incompetent, unable to work independently, accept any responsibility, and vocally complained at the barest notion of accountability for their results. In talking with them, it turned out their college work consisted entirely of group projects where, I suspect, a white or asian did the actual work.
You need to actively involve yourself in hiring and team selection, and insulate yourself by filling junior positions with indians and pakis, the darker skinned the better. And you benefit that they do the shit work without complaining, the downside is understanding what the hell they are saying.
If that fails you find a sucker to pass them off to as a "mentoring opportunity" (this is how I got stung the first time).
And if that fails you maneuver to make it publicly known that the higher up who is trying to foist them on you is responsible for their presence. Then if you are even more devious you set up public but individual presentations of skills and contributions with clear, public parameters. The AA hire will out his incompetence for everyone to see but nobody will say anything. He won't get fired but nobody will say anything after that when you keep assigning him useless but time consuming jobs to keep him from getting in the way of actual work.
Consistent work ethic, timeliness, and no cheating are now considered racist "white" values. Do these retards even realize the argument they are making?
I’m sure this has everything to do with combating racism and nothing to do with absolving teachers of any responsibility to be effective at their jobs.
One more thing. If (big if) race is not going to be a factor in grading, who wants to bet that this new anti-racist student evaluation will make things even worse for under-privileged students.
Why don't they just grade each racial group on a separate curve? The problem would be solved. The grades in each racial group would be a normal curve, eliminating all disparities.
Gee, maybe because white parents made their kids actually study and turn in their papers on time? Now, granted, I'm sidestepping around socio-economic reasons for the minority students to not be able to do so, but it seems to me that in school, much like in life, you get what you earn. As one of my college professors of a 200-level course said, "I don't give grades. You EARN your grade. If you're failing the class then you need to either step it up and get some tutoring at the student center, or you need to drop and go back to the 101 course until you get it." If hanging out on the corner with one's dope-smoking friends is more important than achievement in school, well, you get what you put in the effort for.
Oh, no, no, don't bother turning in the project paper you half-assed. Teacher will give you enough lowball extra credit attempts to make up those points.
In my entire life, I've never seen someone who was behind the curve in a class magically turn it around and suddenly become a A+ tier student in the period of a semester or a year. Even if they did, that still means they were screwing it up at the beginning, so if they were a
"master"(oops, can't say that word anymore) proficient student at the end of the semester, their aggregate grade accurately depicts their overall progress.Meaning the student can go up to the teacher, say "I'LL SUCK YO DIIIIICK", and walk out with an A after wiping off their chin, because that has about as much value as their proposed grading system.
The whole fucking mess sounds like a recipe for disaster.
Lol why actually suck the dick if they can just say gimme a or I'll tell the lawyers you told me to suck your dick
So it is racist to do homework and do your assignments on time. Do they realize how stupid this is?
Even more insane is that they think this will help anyone. From my own experience since I was to much playing wow, you have to do this stuff to learn, it is a formula with steps that help you learn, if you remove the incentive what do they think it is going to happen? I agree that there are some who manage to learn in the last minute and get a good grade but those are few.
Even more, without clear tests that you can contest who wants to bet this system of "mastery" without definition is going to have a racial factor?
Never forget the Smithsonian who publicly showed how they really feel (the fuckers since deleted the handy chart)
and a few other things are white concepts that black people are not able to achieve.
I'm still amazed how they could have thought it was progressive to claim that shit.
In the 90s, on more than one occasion, I was saddled working with (black) diversity hires before I was savvy enough to figure out how to avoid it and still keep my job.
They always had degrees in a relevant field, sometimes even in a hard subject like engineering or computer science some from allegedly good schools. And were universally completely incompetent, unable to work independently, accept any responsibility, and vocally complained at the barest notion of accountability for their results. In talking with them, it turned out their college work consisted entirely of group projects where, I suspect, a white or asian did the actual work.
You gotta tell us how to avoid getting stuck with them
You need to actively involve yourself in hiring and team selection, and insulate yourself by filling junior positions with indians and pakis, the darker skinned the better. And you benefit that they do the shit work without complaining, the downside is understanding what the hell they are saying.
If that fails you find a sucker to pass them off to as a "mentoring opportunity" (this is how I got stung the first time).
And if that fails you maneuver to make it publicly known that the higher up who is trying to foist them on you is responsible for their presence. Then if you are even more devious you set up public but individual presentations of skills and contributions with clear, public parameters. The AA hire will out his incompetence for everyone to see but nobody will say anything. He won't get fired but nobody will say anything after that when you keep assigning him useless but time consuming jobs to keep him from getting in the way of actual work.
Consistent work ethic, timeliness, and no cheating are now considered racist "white" values. Do these retards even realize the argument they are making?
Benevolent racism is still racism.
This is why the rest of the world looks at us and laughs at how retarded our generations are
The world sees only what they allowed to see by CNN and Hollywood.
I feel like I'm living in the movie Idiocracy
I’m sure this has everything to do with combating racism and nothing to do with absolving teachers of any responsibility to be effective at their jobs.
One more thing. If (big if) race is not going to be a factor in grading, who wants to bet that this new anti-racist student evaluation will make things even worse for under-privileged students.
You mean they weren't actively removing "racist" policies already? No more funding.
I bet Asians won't get the same treatment due to skin color.
The article does not mention Asians at all, they must have overlooked it and not that it ruins entirely their racist dogma.
Why don't they just grade each racial group on a separate curve? The problem would be solved. The grades in each racial group would be a normal curve, eliminating all disparities.
I remember when this was parody