[extropy-chat] here's how complicated it is

[Lee Corbin]

Al writes

> Here's how
> complicated it is: when minority students are flunked,
> their families and activists often blame not students
> and schools but the larger society for oppressing the
> students into flunking classes/sometimes dropping out.
> So the dilemma is: if academic standards are raised
> and grade inflation is reduced then not infrequently
> the students in question, their families, and
> demogogic activists blame society; 

Here is my solution:  segregation.  Segregation today,
segregation tomorrow, and segregation forever.

Right now in California, everyone needs segregating:
because the white kids can't keep up with the Asians,
and many of them conclude that math, English, and
science are for smart kids, not them. As the whites can't
keep up with the Asians, the Hispanics can't keep up
with the whites, and the blacks can't keep up with the
hispanics, so we ought to go back to... yes, segregation.

Segregation of the sexes would also keep more girls
going in math and science.

But last time someone suggested the "today, tomorrow, 
and forever" formula, he ended up getting shot and
spending the rest of his life in a wheelchair!

Lee