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After removing algebra for ... reasons.
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The idea was to deprive the capable students so that they would fall back to the level of their more-limited classmates. Enforced equality.
The idea of math being culturally neutral because two-plus-two-equals-four reeks of white supremacist patriarchy.
So if Johnny lives in a suburb where the schools budget actually goes to teacher salaries, he might learn to math from someone who can put 2 and 2 together and get 4 more often than not. But if Johnny goes to school in a big city district where that same money gets pissed away on teaching half the kids how they're oppressed and the other half how they're the oppressors, that don't leave much money for paying people who know what they're doing.
Social justice warriors persistently steep themselves in delusion until reality finally kicks them in the face. Or breaks into their home. Or bubblegums in their stairwell.
After speaking to some family members and friends that are either teachers, speech therapy, or principals in a relatively decent school system - they all say we're bubblegumed. The kids are unruly, unmotivated and sometimes stupid.
Soft bigotry of low expectations
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