Our education system is just Marxism

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To create equal outcomes, equity is required.

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the fallacy of assuming the former can be possible is progressivism in a nutshell

the sad part is that there is a lot of data about what works in creating success but often the data is rejected because it doesn't fall in line with the cultural norms creating the gaps. see: the disadvantage of children being born out of wedlock and the disadvantage of single parents raising children

Think of a country where you would only be allowed to shop at a grocery store based on where you live. Regardless of what you want to buy, you can only go to this store no matter what they sell.

We don't do this with supermarkets, but we do it with public education. It's closer to Communism than most people realize.

I'm not sure your graphic makes your point.

The additional boosts are "great teaching" and "individual support". That implies that all three kids are coming out smart and educated.

If one said "high standards" then said "lowered standards", it would be better at making your point.

I mean, special education children and children with disabilities have great teachers and more individualized support as well.

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The additional boosts are "great teaching" and "individual support". That implies that all three kids are coming out smart and educated.

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what if the kid on the left got "great teaching" and "individual support" in addition to his intellectual gifts?

LA is terrible in this respect. the state spends an insanely disproportionate amount on bad students and all but ignores the very elite within its system (outside of LSMSA). imagine what kid of output we could have if we invested a disproportionate amount of resources in our elite students. the resource shift will have negligible effects on eh lowest rung (b/c they're almost assured to fail regardless of how much we invest in them)

People won't admit it, but a lot of the problems that go on at schools are due to bad parenting.
It's true that some kids don't have parents at home that give a shite, but if that's the case then schools need to be given more power to control their environments. I get sick of parents complaining their child is being mistreated when then don't give a shite about the kid at home. The ones doing less are usually the ones who complain the most.

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Is it human nature than people fail or succeed as groups?

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Is DNA human nature?

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It's true that some kids don't have parents at home that give a shite, but if that's the case then schools need to be given more power to control their environments. I get sick of parents complaining their child is being mistreated when then don't give a shite about the kid at home.

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they don't see themselves as having any responsibility in the matter, sadly. they've been conditioned to expect the state to handle these matters. school is the arm of the state that handles daycare and "education", so school is 100% responsible for this

it's just the culture/mindset of the population

Just wait until we get single payer and most of the physicians are affirmative action incompetents who can't be sued for malpractice.

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Liberalism like this will always fail long-term because it denies that which cannot be denied: human nature.

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It's the nature of every living thing, not just humans, to take the path of least resistance and most reward. That's why bird feeders get swamped, why snakes eat chicken eggs, why humans can so easily domesticate other species and why wild animals will often eat out of your hand. It's natural to snap up a free meal or one for which not much effort is required.

That's why welfare is so appealing to so many people. If you don't have to work for a living, why should you? Just as many animal species trade their freedom, often their very lives, for the security of a well-fed life to adulthood, so do many humans give up the dignity of earned income for a handout in return for giving their political support.

Actually, they're currently, as SJWs, trying to reclaim that dignity by campaigning for "living wages (high pay for minimal work)," health care as a human "right," and even housing and transportation as rights for the "poor." As a result, we're living in the first age in history that has fat poor people. "Fat poor" used to be an oxymoron.

We're also living in the first period of American history where both major parties are actively farming votes with handouts as fertilizer. 74 million Americans are on Medicaid, another 60 million receive Medicare. 60% of Americans receive government benefits of some kind. 50% of children born in the U.S., including those born to illegal aliens, begin life on the federal WIC program and remain on it for their first 5 years.

I could go on and on about government "benefits" but you get the idea. The SJW war we can call "Life Owes Me a Living" is actually being won by tens of millions of Americans and illegals who are jumping on the path of least resistance called welfare.