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Do you suggest that we abolish the teaching of math and english entirely, because some schools have issues (which are largely correlated with economically disadvantaged neighborhoods)?

Should we shut down all the schools? I don't really understand how the nihilism in these replies makes any sense.

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Do you suggest when you have a employee that is failing at the projects you have already given them, to load 2 or 3 more projects on top of that and somehow hope that will make things better?

> Do you suggest when you have a employee that is failing at the projects you have already given them

I don't accept the "failing" narrative. I think it's bogus.

You still haven't said what you'd do, though. Wouldn't you fire a failing employee? By analogy, wouldn't you shut down all schools?

> because some schools have issues (which are largely correlated with economically disadvantaged neighborhoods)?

I don't you understand just how bad things are. Nationally 29% of 8th graders score "proficient or higher" in reading, 26% in math. The median American student is doing far worse than you think.

Bogus, fearmongering stats, based on unrealistic ideals:

https://www.huffpost.com/entry/a-test-everyone-will-fail_b_4...

Tell me how the US students compare to all of the other industrialized nations.

And again, I ask, what would you suggest? You seem to be suggesting we shouldn't be teaching parents skills in schools, because schools are allegedly no good, but isn't that also an (absurd) argument that we shouldn't be teaching anything in schools?

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