Also, like, how can you talk about Bowen Yang and his gay representation and not being up Fire Island, which ironically actually responds to so many of his dumb points.

This was often very gendered, not surprisingly.

Who earned high grades for largely being compliant, but were at it slightly below grade level. I would then have other students who would want to be in my class who I was told had low grades because of X reason, whereas in my entry diagnostics, they were often more than ready to do well.

But yeah, in the UCSD situation, saying 'I don't want standardized info' meant "I will just take who you tell me are the smartest kids" without any confirmation. And I can tell you that is a loaded list. I often had this with my rosters for AP classes, where I was given 'well-behaved' students

Really became disconnected from results. Still, this has been happening forever. I remember an article in 2013 of a GOP st
Local pol in Texas complaining his daughter might not graduate HS because they failed the Biology STAAR exam while getting an A in the class. It's like, buddy...

Correct. I mean, I basically treat grades as a useless indicator in my work as evidence of learning. Gradebooks are hard to control and teachers have a very personal relationship to them.

That said, I do think grading policy shifts along with anti-testing vibe created an environment where grades

He's a fucking coward and has always been one.

The reality is that there is no mass constituency that is in favor of actually knowing what their kids can do or being held accountable to it, and this stretches across politics and incomes.

Signed, a very lonely pro-testing voice

I also do think at some point the cost will be paid and it's not clear who or how it's going to be paid!

Sure, I'm just saying, we can't argue that the current suburban lifestyle is fully revealed preference because a majority uses it to penalize other lifestyles and subsidize their own.

Then we don't need to subsidize it!

Here's the thing - I actually agree that most Americans prefer space and a car (which is sad, but whatever). However, on top of that, we have subsidized this specific type of lifestyle so that the cons of it are even less paid for.

And there are social costs!

He also saw how the 'grown up's outside of campus would take him seriously if he didn't ally himself with them and made them his enemy.

bureaucrats who try to tell you what to do, not conservatives who seem kind of counter cultural and have no ability to impact your life (especially since you are usually white and from PMC class at minimum).

Simon likely has interacted with dumb leftists and it annoyed him.

And when you are on these campuses, the actual far right is actually sort of rebellious fascinating. It's why I was interested in the Party of the Right as a freshmen - it hit hard! And so if you think of yourself as someone people 'should' listen to, your enemies are annoying leftists and liberal

It like says something that very rarely are the young writers that get picked up people that were beat reporters for the college dailies - those people actually had to develop practices and skills and realized shit was complicated. It's always some 'thinker' who published outside or a columnist

Top ten self aware YPU guest.

Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhh, why did you do this to me?!?!?!