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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]WHAT IS WRONG WITH APS?! If I could do it all over again I would never have moved to this school district. I don't care about the all the fake controversies about CRT, trans issues, but this is ridiculous. Who is calling them out on this? [/quote]

No one will.  Who wants to be in the wrong side of a push toward equity?[/quote]
But a lot of APS's most recent policies are not really promoting equity, not matter how much the diversity and equity staff at Syphax tell us that they are.  I grew up in an immigrant household (dad didn't even attend high school) with parents who worked long hours and did not have a great command of English.  Was it harder for me than the kids with PhD parents?  Of course.  Life isn't fair.  Some people have to work harder than others.  The world wont give you bonus equity points to make up for a difficult upbringing.  Lowering expectations for kids does them no favors now and could be disastrous when they are adults.

I guess I was lucky in that my parents taught me that I better learn how to push a pencil or I would spend the rest of my life pushing a mop.  My mom would make most "Tiger Moms" cry. She didn't need language skills or an education of her own to instill a work ethic or the fear of god if I came home with anything less than "A"s.  That's your equity right there.[/quote]

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