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Apparently our focuses are quite different. You were trying to show why BoE (and/or some posters here) were proposing those (or at least why they claim they were doing proposing those) changes - for demographic and income disparities.

I don't want to argue against those reasons. These can be very noble reasons. I wouldn't want to try arguing against something that already holds the moral high ground, would I?

In the PP, I was basically telling you that their proposed changes are effectively aimed at "helping" low performing students, so the facts listed in PP (which mostly affect high performers) are not relevant.

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Right.[b] You keep saying that BoE isn't doing it for the reasons they say they're doing it, [/b]they're doing it for the reasons [i]you[/i] say they're doing it. BoE: it's about capacity and demographics. You: that means it's really actually about the test scores.[/quote]

No. I don't care what reasons they do it for. Only they know that for sure, and I can't go into their heads to dig those out.

They can claim they do it for some reasons. Those can be sound reasons, so I don't go against those - who am I to go against some noble reasons like "helping the poor" "diversity"?

What I am saying is when you look at the proposed changes, effectively it is (also) about performance.

Anything wrong with that?

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Anything wrong with saying that it's about performance, when it's about demographics and capacity? [/quote]

It can be "about" many things.

For example, I always admitted this thing started because of the capacity issue. No question about that.

As for demographics - I am not saying it is not about demographics. It can be.

These are simply not the perspectives I want to expand and discuss - you can go that direction, which is perfectly fine.

If you propose something for certain reasons, do I have to limit my discussions to those reasons? 
Say, if someone proposes a tax increase because of national security needs, yeah, it is "about national security". But do I have to limit my discussions to national security needs, and can't say "it is about how we spend our money"?

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Thread title: Should I serve cheesecake or pie for dessert?
You: Let's talk about salad.[/quote]

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