Top school principal hides students’ academic awards in name of ‘equity’

[BOP]

A race to the lowest common denominator, or out-right discrimination?

For years, two administrators at Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology (TJ) have been withholding notifications of National Merit awards from the school’s families, most of them Asian, thus denying students the right to use those awards to boost their college admission prospects and earn scholarships. This episode has emerged amid the school district’s new strategy of “equal outcomes for every student, without exception.” School administrators, for instance, have implemented an “equitable grading” policy that eliminates zeros, gives students a grade of 50 percent just for showing up, and assigns a cryptic code of “NTI” for assignments not turned in. It’s a race to the bottom.

Top school principal hides students’ academic awards in name of ‘equity’

The director of student services admitted that the decision to withhold the information in a low-key way was intentional.

nypost.com

 

[Hijinx]

What makes he a "TOP" school principal.?

IMO she is a low-life bitch.

 

[Kyle]

What makes he a "TOP" school principal.?

A Doctorate in Gender Studies and Estrigenics.

 

[stgislander]

A race to the lowest common denominator, or out-right discrimination?

For years, two administrators at Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology (TJ) have been withholding notifications of National Merit awards from the school’s families, most of them Asian, thus denying students the right to use those awards to boost their college admission prospects and earn scholarships. This episode has emerged amid the school district’s new strategy of “equal outcomes for every student, without exception.” School administrators, for instance, have implemented an “equitable grading” policy that eliminates zeros, gives students a grade of 50 percent just for showing up, and assigns a cryptic code of “NTI” for assignments not turned in. It’s a race to the bottom.

Top school principal hides students’ academic awards in name of ‘equity’

The director of student services admitted that the decision to withhold the information in a low-key way was intentional.

nypost.com

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[vraiblonde]

Kurt Vonnegut is laughing from the grave....

 

[PrchJrkr]

Affirmative action on steroids.

 

[Sneakers]

Maybe someone should hide all of her awards and doctorates and whatever else hanging on her wall. Her kid's pictures because they're white.

 

[Hijinx]

As John Candy told that Principle in Uncle Buck, she ought to go downtown and have a rat chew that wart off her face.

 

[limblips]

What makes to wokies think they can make their own rules? Why does she think she has the authority to selectiuvely choose who get what? They both should be terminated immediately.

 

[Grumpy]

The slippery slope that went from everyone gets a trophy to equity, but wait, i'm sure there will be more..

 

[gemma_rae]

A race to the lowest common denominator, or out-right discrimination?

For years, two administrators at Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology (TJ) have been withholding notifications of National Merit awards from the school’s families, most of them Asian, thus denying students the right to use those awards to boost their college admission prospects and earn scholarships. This episode has emerged amid the school district’s new strategy of “equal outcomes for every student, without exception.” School administrators, for instance, have implemented an “equitable grading” policy that eliminates zeros, gives students a grade of 50 percent just for showing up, and assigns a cryptic code of “NTI” for assignments not turned in. It’s a race to the bottom.

Top school principal hides students’ academic awards in name of ‘equity’

The director of student services admitted that the decision to withhold the information in a low-key way was intentional.

nypost.com

#StopAsianHate

 

[SamSpade]

You know, just as with equality - I agree with the concept of equity but not at all with how it is implemented by people who seriously don't get it.

I'm sure you've seen the depiction of equity where people are trying to look over a fence - and "equality" is show by giving them all the same size box to stand on, without regard to their height - and showing ridiculous results. THAT is the concept - not everyone getting the same box but taking in account differences. In my son's Boy Scouts, they do make allowances for kids that cannot complete certain badges, not because they're lazy or fat or whatever, but perhaps because they are deaf or blind or otherwise disabled and through no fault of their own are unable to complete a set of requirements that were established arbitrarily by BSA. And they don't "dumb" it down - but you can understand that a child who has difficulty walking has a much steeper challenge to things like hiking or cycling.

THAT much - yes, I agree. A person should not be deprived of something because of something they have no control over.

But just as EQUALITY has been misapplied - GROSSLY - so it is with EQUITY - because there ARE morons who think they know what it means but do stupid things and support them with high-minded sounding arguments that are actually stupid if you sort them out.

EQUITY in this case does not mean DEPRIVING someone who has played by the rules and achieved them. It means to find equal outcome for someone for the same award who through no fault of their own may not be able to complete them but nevertheless demonstrate what the award is intended to measure.

I honestly don't know how it would work with an award for academic achievement. I mean, you don't get an award in math for being - close. You don't get kudos in English for - effort. You wouldn't want to be operated on by someone who got an award for showing up.

THAT said - you wouldn't want to PUNISH a med student for being unable to do a surgery - because they are very SHORT. My mom used to work with a surgeon at Johns Hopkins who was extremely short - but otherwise - extremely brilliant. They just had to accommodate for his height in the O.R.

 

[Monello]

As John Candy told that Principle in Uncle Buck, she ought to go downtown and have a rat chew that wart off her face.

But you need to chip in a quarter first.

 

[Monello]

the school district’s new strategy of “equal outcomes for every student, without exception.”

If ever there was a strategy for failure, this is it. I hope this same strategy is applied to the basketball team.

 

[Monello]

If ever there was a strategy for failure, this is it. I hope this same strategy is applied to the basketball team.

I stand corrected. The school's basketball team looks like it was assembled by the United Nations. Good for them. They have even won 2 games so far this year, but the season just began.

Seeing how this is a stem school, I have to imagine even the jocks at this school carry high GPAs. Go Colonials. I wonder how much longer they will keep their mascot name.

Thomas Jefferson Science & Technology Basketball Roster

0		Michael Hwang PG • Sr. • 5' 8"
3		Rakesh Pillai SG, PG • 5' 9"
3		Rohan Hsiao Jr. • 5' 8"
4		Evan Huang SG, SF, PF • Jr. • 6' 3" • 170 lbs
5		Mihir Kulshreshtha Jr. • 5' 10"
5		Pratik Nadipelli C • 6' 3"
10		Ian Gresenz SG, SF • 6' 2"
10		Santi Criado SF, PF • Jr. • 6' 3" • 180 lbs
12		Aaron Wadhwa 5' 9"
12		Landon Gasperetti Jr. • 5' 11"
14		Maxwell Jones SG, PG • 6' 0" • 160 lbs
14		Sahil Kapadia C • Jr.
20		Jonathan Liu SF • Sr. • 6' 0"
22		Will Pemble SG, PG • 6' 0" • 150 lbs
22		Nathan Singhvi PG, SG • Sr.
22		Caden Phillips PF, C • 6' 2"
24		Karthik Nandi Jr. • 5' 10"
24		Cal Hartzell PF
30		Rusheel Nadipally SF, SG • Sr.
30		Saksham Chawla SG, PG • 5' 9" • 140 lbs
31		Kaan Eguz Jr. • 6' 1"
31		Abhirama Rachabattuni SF, PF
34		Phineas Ulmishek-Anderson SF, PF • 6' 3" • 185 lbs
34		Rudra Aamidala SF • So.
35		Maxwell Graves C, PF
35		Rohit Malavathu Jr. • 6' 1"
44		Sebastian Vander Ploeg Fallon PF
44		Chetan Maviti 6' 4"

 

[Hijinx]

Everybody is on that team but Harry Krishna.

 

[BernieP]

What makes he a "TOP" school principal.?

IMO she is a low-life bitch.

I believe that TJ High is considered a top school (as in performance).
Not the two assclowns who should be sued by the parents for the money their kids lost out on in the form of scholarships.
Could amount to a lot of money

 

[GURPS]

Not the two assclowns who should be sued by the parents for the money their kids lost out on in the form of scholarships.

Scholarships, rejection from schools

 

[UglyBear]

Being that most parents there are woke AF, I say har har, take it biacheas.

people in the top 3% used to be so certain of the cushion that separates them from the plebes that they can afford to spew crap about “equity”, “taxes are the price of living in civilization”, affirmative action, and other BS, secure in the knowledge that it will have no effect on them or their offspring.

Now that the BS they were calling for is directly hitting them in their smug faces, watch how fast they start wailing and protesting.

 

[Monello]

Being that most parents there are woke AF, I say har har, take it biacheas.

people in the top 3% used to be so certain of the cushion that separates them from the plebes that they can afford to spew crap about “equity”, “taxes are the price of living in civilization”, affirmative action, and other BS, secure in the knowledge that it will have no effect on them or their offspring.

Now that the BS they were calling for is directly hitting them in their smug faces, watch how fast they start wailing and protesting.

I'm not certain of the political leaning of Asian Americans. I don't read many articles where they vote as a bloc like the other minority groups. I don't see politicians pandering to them. Offering them freebies for voting loyalty. They don't need those things, they can get what they want and more by effort.

I do think Asians get screwed by university admission offices. And what are they guilty of? Being successful. Can't have a freshman class of 50%, overachieving first generation Asians. How will that look? I say, if they qualify, let them in. F your quotas.

Another things Asians are good is homogeny. Japan is 98.1 Japanese. South Korea doesn't track racial demographics but it's about 96% Korean. North Korea is almost 100% NORKS. I notice there isn't any international movement to bring diversity to those nations. I bet those governments would tell those hippies to go piss up a rope.