...than the equal treatment of unequal people. So sayeth Thomas Jefferson (ed: didn't he get cancelled?) thereby making the irony more poignant as this egregious mistreatment has been occurring, for years, at Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology. For the past few years the educational storm troopers running this otherwise highly ranked school have been withholding notification of National Merit scholar awards from the students and their parents, denying them access to scholarship opportunities.
Why have they done this?
All in the name of equity. And this can only happen if you become dogmatically devoted to the appearance that excellent students are no different to the struggling stragglers. First must look like worst and to avoid hurt feelings these "educators" will not publicly announce these accomplishments.
And yet...
How do they make this work with athletics? Do they throw football or basketball games so as not hurt an opponents feelings? Hurt feelings in sports appear to be OK at TJ. Those accomplishments are celebrated.
So this is just a race to the bottom for academics but not for sports. These "educators" could not be any more clear about their priorities.
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