Oregon ending reading and math proficiency requirements for graduation

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7 points·hintymad··4 comments

I wonder how this will help equity. If I were an employer, wouldn't I be more incredulous if I see someone graduate from a high school in Oregon? As an ordinary student, wouldn't I lower my own standard (I certainly got complacent when I was in high school)? As a minority, wouldn't I feel offended because the government thought I couldn't meet graduation standard, even though it's already low enough?

This process won't help equity, but that's not a problem.

We can simply pass some rules and regulations requiring a certain percent of every group to be hired.

If this presents problems and causes an important company or industry to start failing, then we can pass some rules and regulations mandating they cannot stop production, hiring, or declare bankruptcy.

And if they owners decide to cut their losses and try to leave the country, we can pass some rules and regulations declaring that a crime and we can impound their property to continue the company.

The similarity of this to Venezuela's shortages is purely coincidental, I assure you.

Oregon seems like they've collectively decided to say "Fuck it!"

Far from collectively, but lower population areas don't count under the state's current representation parameters.

https://www.upi.com/Top_News/US/2021/05/19/Oregon-Idaho-Dona...

Sure, the votes to 'secede' from Oregon are mostly symbolic but they do show that there's a sizeable opposition.

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