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I truly believe limiting educational attainment for our smartest (or privileged, if you want) children is among the most obviously harmful things we can do as a society. It’s shocking to me that anyone can vote to make moves like that with a straight face. Of course we want everyone to get better education. But under-leveraging our highest potential children is a crime that takes future well-being from everyone.

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It only affect the poor. The competitive parents regardless left or right will do whatever they can to get their children ahead. When it comes down to children, all bets are off.

After so many years, I can't say that these kinds of policies aren't malicious.

How can you say that eliminating algebra for all students ‘only’ affects the poor it literally is the opposite it is all Students no subset.

Wealthy people can get private tutors or send their kids to a private school. The poor are stuck with the public schools.

> The poor are stuck with the 'bad' public schools.

Minor suggestion, there are good ones

I don't think mentioning the quality of the public schools is relevant. Poor people are almost always stuck in public schools (on occasion they can get aid for private schools). This rule on banning certain math classes applies to all public schools regardless of how good or bad they are. This means even if a poor kid went to the best public school in the world, they would still be impacted.

I have met teachers who would go out of their ways in helping the students to learn. My teachers from many years ago were like this. That's the perk of the good ones. But other than that, I agree with you

You think the resourceful parents are just gonna sit on their hands and thinking: oops the school is not gonna teach the subjects, we are just gonna to collectively forget out them.

No. They will do whatever they can to make sure their children get the education. They will pay extra. Some will teach their children themselves.

Again, this is regardless of race/religion/lgbtq or anything. It's all hands on deck when it comes to providing for the children.

Sometimes I really doubt whether people are really that naive online? Or are they arguing for the sake of the argument? Tbh, I have never seen anyone in real life doesn't understand the situation and the parents that I am talking about.

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