tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10348701.post8091817137985563724..comments2024-03-13T21:26:03.011-07:00Comments on Right on the Left Coast: Views From a Conservative Teacher: The Race-Hustling Democratic Party Will Always Be A Circular Firing SquadDarrenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15730642770935985796noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10348701.post-15843087910205987462014-03-20T02:36:40.689-07:002014-03-20T02:36:40.689-07:00Famously ... I believe UCB admitted running back ...Famously ... I believe UCB admitted running back Chuck Muncie with somewhere around a 600 SAT (out of 1600 ... and you got 400 just for signing your name on the test) ...<br />maxutilshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11294262473781967372noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10348701.post-62984661816175684602014-03-19T15:58:26.799-07:002014-03-19T15:58:26.799-07:00Better yet, don't admit anyone whose SAT/ACT s...Better yet, don't admit anyone whose SAT/ACT scores (SAT II/AP foreign languages excepted, for native speakers) don't indicate college-level readiness. For those whose scores are misleading or who are insufficiently motivated, reinstate freshman weeder courses - in my day, English lit/comp, math and the (real) sciences - and flunk them out fast. That used to be the norm in most decent colleges, let alone competitive ones. <br /><br />I'm fine with bonus points for Honors and APs - my kids' school did use - but only if SAT/AP scores correlate. Unless Big Test results match the grades/Honors/AP course designators and reflect learning that content, no bonus weighting and no corresponding designation on transcripts. Too many "honors" and "AP" courses are fraudulent; some to laughable degrees. Prince George's County,MD comes to mind; it's far from a high-performing district, but all kids must take at least one AP to graduate. English appears to be the designated fall guy; as if one could call a course largely filled with kids reading at 6th-grade level or less an "AP". That's from one of their AP English teachers.<br /><br />Bottom line; fewer students, needing fewer and smaller facilities, fewer academic support programs, fewer diversicrats, fewer ideological group-think "studies" courses, fewer admins, support staff and faculty = cost savings for CA, fed gov't (grants and loans), and students (loand). Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10348701.post-32900908081980887842014-03-19T01:07:50.760-07:002014-03-19T01:07:50.760-07:00Why do you need to adjust the numbers? Prop 209 p...Why do you need to adjust the numbers? Prop 209 passed legitimately banning race from being a consideration. The UC and CSU systems predictably changed admission requirements to accommodate the top 2.5% of every high school's class, regardless of state standing ... thereby increasing enrollment, and skirting the law ... and Asians still dominate. Her's an idea: how about we enforce standards early on, and not pass people who can't write an essay or solve a math problem. Also .. high school educators need to stop with th e grade inflation. You should'nt be able to get a 4.3 GPA ... and one thing you can't argue against ... inner city/low income schools are FAR less likely to have AP offerings than high income areas ... and when AP teachers give away A's like candy, that makes it worse.maxutilshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11294262473781967372noreply@blogger.com