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John Michener's avatar

My daughter had her fill of the progressive virtue think in her English classes. When she had to recite her favorite poem, she recited Kipling's 'IF'. When she moved out, she took my century old Kipling collection with her. My son had more problems with virtue think in English than my daughter. When he had to do a paper on Macbeth, he did "The Mistakes of Macbeth, Guidance from Nicolo Machevelli" - which required a detailed reading of both Macbeth and The Prince. His English teacher was not amused - and I was not happy with his English teacher.

I stopped worrying about being called a racist long ago. My family was active in the civil rights movement - but we wanted people to be evaluated on their own merit. I am a meritocrat and I am not worried about disproportionate impact issues. I did attend urban schools that were majority poor black as well as urban schools that were majority Jewish. The issue of school quality is predominantly an issue of culture and values among the students and their families, not something inflicted by the schools themselves.

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"It Is Illiberal To Charge Teens With Felonies for Vandalizing a Pride Crosswalk"

They are not being charged for vandalism, they are being charged for blasphemy.

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