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[quote=Anonymous]So when I first read about this, I thought it sounded like a great idea. High schools have abdicated their role in teaching kids how to have discussions, debate, develop understanding of nuance and learn about current events. We are at a well ranked CA public high school and I have been shocked at the lack of quality social sciences and humanities classes. They are bare bones test prep for the AP exams or remedial busy work courses. Anything geopolitical is off limits in terms of papers or discussions to avoid contentious situations with parents, thank you MAGA idiots. Our school sends lots of kids to T10 and T30 universities for STEM. These kids barely have a middle school understanding of government, economics, never heard of philosophy, and haven’t read a full book in years. This portfolio isn’t a bad idea to fill a portion of that gap.

However colleges will abuse and warp it which will destroy its effectiveness. Kids will be wary of the positions they take, learning will take a backseat to anxiety as kids worry what an AO would think, and game it because they have no other choice. A predatory ecosystem of tutors and fee-based advisors will emerge to guide kids on making the right responses. ChatGPT will be used,

As long as college admissions reduces students to feeling like they are in the hunger games anything new will fail.

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