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Absolutely tone deaf article when the whole US Presidency, half of Congress and half of Senate are promoting incompetence and punishing any experience.

What is the goal of "tough grading" when they, and a majority of the population, actively despise any kind of expertise?

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I don't disagree about the problems in government but I don't think we need to look through that lens all the time.

Grade inflation and an environment that is unwilling to challenge our children can be a problem even if bad things are going on elsewhere. One could argue that a system that encourages kids to work hard, face challenges, and value deep thought might make the population more resilient against anti-intellectualism.

>I don't think we need to look through that lens all the time.

You don't think so, but kids aren't stupid and see what's going on.

Other people being bad isn't an excuse to not do better. Where would we get as a society if every suggestion to improve was met with "well what about those other people who are worse"?

"Well what about those other people who are worse and that we have promoted to the highest places on our society?"

Where would we get as a society, indeed.

Well if we post the Ten Commandments in our schools, wouldn’t that make us wiser and smarter ?

No; plus, it's illegal under state and church separation in the United States.

Also, this isn't 500 BCE; we live in 2025. Humanity no longer needs to learn the basics of common decency, morality, and legality through the mythical threat of a being(s) in the sky helping or hurting an eternal life that simply does not exist after death.

>it's illegal under state and church separation in the United States.

Try to keep up with reality. It is on display right now, and there is reason to think the Supreme Court will allow it.

https://www.ksat.com/news/local/2025/09/02/ten-commandments-...

https://www.scotusblog.com/2025/07/the-ten-commandments-retu...

I know it is; doesn't mean it's legal. And until the Supreme Court rules on it, we just have to wait.

Here is a good article on where the Supreme Court is, now:

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-interactive/2025/aug/...

The Supreme Court who keeps voting 5-4 or 6-3 and affirming things patently wrong like "the President is immune"? Or who keeps issuing so many shadow docket rulings devoid of reasonings?

I feel sorry for people like you who can't read an article such as this one without expressing rage at the current administration. Regardless of my political positions, I've come to learn that there are enough substantive, significant issues where bipartisan unity is a no-brainer, but those in power, with all of their self-interested agendas, profit from the people being at each other's throats.

We may disagree on carbon credits, but we nobody disagrees on having clean water, sustainable sources of energy, regulations on sanitation, waste, and pollution; affordable education; term limits and abolishing lobbyists. The list goes on.

Mellow out and focus on the substance without letting your TDS flare up.

> but nobody disagrees on having clean water, sustainable sources of energy, regulations on sanitation, waste, and pollution; affordable education; term limits and abolishing lobbyists

Citation needed.

Republicans do disagree on all the things you listed. Every single fucking one.

They are actively working to destroy as much environmental regulation as they can and further the interests of fossil fuel corporations.

Embarrassing comment. This current administration and its supporters most definitely does not agree on several of your points, in particular on sustainable sources of energy and regulations on pollution.

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