Hah, gotcha! See how racist you are, dear reader? You immediately thought the child was black, didn't you? Nope, this particular child is Asian. Hah, gotcha again! You just thought 'meh, then it's not that bad', didn't you?
Anyway, rumors are that it's all because Fairfax County Public Schools recently adopted the new motto of "equal outcomes for every student, without exceptions." And the school’s Director of Student Services, Brandon Kosatka, allegedly 🤣 said “We want to recognize students for who they are as individuals, not focus on their achievements”. As if a child's achievements are not part of who they are, achievements are somehow collective. Director of Student Services...
But it's ok, isn't it, dear reader? This is just one remote, weird school, up on a hill, deep in the woods, right? It's not going to happen in your child's school, now, would it? Yeah, no, it probably will, if it isn't already. This is Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology, THE best public school in the mighty US of A. So, I'd be on the lookout if I were you 🤞
PS. I just noticed how indoctrinated I am. I wrote "a child's achievements are not part of who they are", not "of who he is". I think I'm losing it 😱
ReplyDeleteIt appears that the motto (and the practice) may stem from a hiring done by the school district of a consultant (Mutiu Fagbayi) to (woke) work on "equity" training. While the hiring is controversial in itself his views are even more so, as he's touting discrimination in the name of equity:
"To have true equity, you have to be willing to be purposefully unequal when it comes to resources. I want to say that again because most districts struggle with that. To have an equity-centered organization, we have to have the courage and the willingness to be purposefully unequal when it comes to opportunities and access.”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FDHooq9mDt8&t=1575s
Now, I know that equity is not the same as equality but when one is denied (by policy) recognition and/or reaching their true potential, the outcome is one that is equal to the lowest common denominator. The quality of education degrades and, over generations, it will (hopefully) backfire and kick everyone back into the gear of meritocracy. Hopefully. Maybe. Unfortunately those following the current doctrine are blind to what history/communism taught us about equality of outcome and they are too allergic to meritocracy and equality of opportunity.