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Once upon a time, a high school diploma was something to be proud of. After all, most people left school well before finishing a diploma because there was a plethora of well-paying jobs available without one.
It’s no exaggeration to say that a high school diploma had back then had as much value as a degree today. When I finished high school in the early 1980s, that placed me in the top 20% of people. The percentage of people with a bachelor’s degree today is much higher than that.
On a simple economic calculus — scarcity — a degree today is less valuable than finishing high school 40 years ago.
As for a diploma: they might as well hand them out with free condoms and gender transitions.
This school year, Oregon high school seniors who cannot read or do math will still be allowed to graduate in accordance with a new law that suspends key academic graduation requirements.
We curmudgeons like to grouse about the “dumbing down” of society, but when students can finish high school without being able to read or do maths, we’re clearly onto something.
According to Senate Bill 744, signed by Gov. Kate Brown without any announcement last month, states that “a student may not be required to show proficiency in Essential Learning Skills as a condition of receiving a high school diploma” through the next three school years.
The move follows Oregon State University and the University of Oregon going “test-optional” last year, meaning that applicants to those schools are not required to submit SAT or ACT scores.
Oregon students aren’t alone.
Thousands of American students will encounter declining academic standards when they return to school this fall.
In fact, they needn’t even bother turning up and they can still graduate.
Nevada’s Clark County School District, which covers Las Vegas, will no longer dock a student’s grade for missing class, missing assignments, or failing to participate in class, according to 8 News Now. Because late work will not be penalized, deadlines for students to turn in their assignments are effectively moot.
These cretinous dropouts needn’t worry about not getting into college, though.
The University of Nevada Reno and the University of Nevada Las Vegas are both test-optional, though the latter requires either a GPA or advanced high school diploma in lieu of test scores.
In Colorado, the Douglas County School District has changed its grading scale so that a score of 52% or higher is a passing grade. The Denver Channel notes that this drop in grading standards follows Colorado State University and the University of Colorado dropping the requirement for applicants to submit an SAT or ACT score.
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Everyone really does get a prize.
We may be turning out the dumbest generation in modern history, but at least they’ll all be colij gra… grajoo… garduwat… smart guys.
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