I really dont care what the socioeconomic justifications for this are, this is a bad precedent.

The Florida Board of Education's decision to approve new race-based academic goals has set off a firestorm of controversy. The plan calls for different levels of academic achievement with 90% of Asian students, 88% of Caucasians, 81% of Hispanics and 74% of African-Americans to be at or above grade reading level by the year 2018. Math standards have been set at 92% of Asian students, 86% of Caucasians, 80% of Hispanics and 74% of African-Americans to be at or above their math grade level. Many parents and community leaders have voiced sharp criticism of the new race-based benchmarks calling them discriminatory and shocking. But those who support the plan say that the goals set a higher standard than previous plans. Spokesperson for the Florida Department of Education, Cheryl Etters said, "Of course we want every student to be successful. But we do have to take into account their starting point." Etters also said that the various percentages were not meant to lower expectations but rather to set "realistic and attainable" goals.

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This is complete fucking bullshit. This just seems like it should be against the law.

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We don’t have a trillion-dollar debt because we haven’t taxed enough; we have a trillion-dollar debt because we spend too much. — Ronald Reagan

That was my initial reaction as well.

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There is no way it is legal.

Not to mention that it is saying to Hispanics and African-Americans "you're not good or smart enough to be held to everyone else's standards."

And the sad thing is they think they're doing something good.

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And you people said Mike North would never find another job.

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There are a lot of policeman / firemen who have been passed over for promotions that would agree with that.

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This is a shady way for the school system to show student performance improvements. Oh look...this group is suddenly achieving at goal! Its complete bullshit.

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The smartest ones have the smallest penis.

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Does that mean you must have a penis like a blue whale? If that's true, Congrats!

Florida has no redeeming qualities. We can grow oranges someplace else, sink that whole miserable state right into the ocean.

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Blue whales have big penises. You can decide if that's good or bad.

http://www.thesmokinggun.com/buster/out ... sex-687451



That's Florida Swag right there.

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Thank God there were pictures, otherwise I thought it could have been Boyd!

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That's a low blow, Hawger. Boyd would at least have the decency to take it to the hotel balcony.

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I'm thinking Boyd would go all Boyd whereever he wanted to go all Boyd, but that is just my opinion.

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IF you are going to factor in starting point, it should be socio-economic based and not race based. Either way this is really dumb. However, most districts wont go out and say this, but a lot are lowering standards to graduate or forcing teachers to pass kids just to get them out.

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That's the truth, right there, folks.

That, and meet the stupid ass rules put forth in the No Child Left Behind Act.