Breaking News: California Court Issues Common-Sense Ruling!
Authored by JOHN W LILLPOP
In a breathtaking departure from a long-standing judicial tradition, the California Court of Appeal panel in San Francisco issued a common -sense ruling on Friday.
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Repeating: Anonymous sources are claiming that a common-sense ruling has been issued by a California court.
Sources also claim that National Guard troops are quietly being redeployed from California airports to the court in San Francisco, but Governor Schwarzenegger has not yet commented officially on that aspect of this momentous story.
At issue is California's requirement that students pass an exit exam that measures math and English skills in order to graduate.
About 40,000 students, or 9.1 percent of the 2006 senior class, failed at least one section. Students can take the test an infinite number of times, but must pass both sections in order to graduate.
Attorney Arturo Gonzalez, representing some of the students who challenged the exam requirement, said the latest ruling will be appealed to the state Supreme Court.
Earlier this spring, Gonzalez alleged "discrimination," against minority and low-income students who were unable to pass the exam.
The San Francisco attorney apparently does not understand that the express purpose of exams is to determine if students have mastered subject matter well enough to be granted a certificate of achievement---in this case, a high school diploma.
To the extent that the exam "discriminates" against students who fail the exam, Gonzalez has a point.
But is that not the express purpose of exams to begin with?
For example, in order for Gonzalez to practice law, he was required to first pass the bar exam. On the other hand, Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa was unable to pass the bar, and has been forced into politics for which there are no intellectual, educational,ethical, or moral requirements.
In Gonzalez' convoluted logic,Antonio Villaraigosa is a victim of dircrimination. Fact is, the Los Angeles Mayor is just not bright enough to earn an honest living by practicing law.
In the same vein, the California high-school exam does not measure race, ethnicity, sexual orientation, credit score, personality, level of poverty, parental English usage or liberal wackiness.
The questions concern math and English. Period! End of story, next case please.
Gonzalez also fails to recognize the "discrimination" students will face in the real work world without basic math and English skills.
Indeed, students need to be aware that when looking for work in Silicon Valley and other high-technology venues, there will be no nutcase liberal attorney waiting in the wings to argue on behalf of unqualified job applicants.
In other words, Intel is looking for people who can design chips, not eat them.
Gonzalez nearly succeeded in keeping California schools ‘dumbed down’ to the point where graduation could be conferred upon any student able to prove four years of successful breathing.
Or, produce a note of explanation from a welfare case manager or parole officer.
Now, students represented by Gonzalez’ will be forced to recognize words and phrases like "Failed," "Not part of graduating class," and "Wait ‘till next year."
And those words shall be in English, mind you!
But all is not gloom and doom. In fact, there is actually some good news for Arturo’s Aces: None will have to worry about actually being able to read a High School diploma--for at least another year.
For his part, Gonzalez remains unbowed. Rumor has it his appeal to the state Supreme Court will based on the fact that most of those who failed were answering a much higher calling: Marching in the streets and freeways of Los Angeles to demand citizenship and rights for illegal aliens.
Gonzalez allegedly plans to argue that HR 4437 is a racist, bigoted bill that drove his clients from study halls to protest marches in pursuit of basic human and civil rights. Civics 101 of the liberal nut ball variety, if you will.
And everyone knows that making Mexican flags and banners reading si se puede is far more important than studying for a silly math or English exam.
When asked to explain why Asian ‘minority’ students, even those with limited English skills, fared so well on exit exams, Gonzalez allegedly explained that it was yet another example of discrimination: Very few Asian students are illegal aliens, he contends, and almost none marched in April or on May 1.
There you go. Irresponsible Asians with their little yellow noses to the grindstones, while civic-minded Latino kids unselfishly took to the streets and freeways for the larger community good.
Alas, is there no justice?
In a breathtaking departure from a long-standing judicial tradition, the California Court of Appeal panel in San Francisco issued a common -sense ruling on Friday.
Go Here
Repeating: Anonymous sources are claiming that a common-sense ruling has been issued by a California court.
Sources also claim that National Guard troops are quietly being redeployed from California airports to the court in San Francisco, but Governor Schwarzenegger has not yet commented officially on that aspect of this momentous story.
At issue is California's requirement that students pass an exit exam that measures math and English skills in order to graduate.
About 40,000 students, or 9.1 percent of the 2006 senior class, failed at least one section. Students can take the test an infinite number of times, but must pass both sections in order to graduate.
Attorney Arturo Gonzalez, representing some of the students who challenged the exam requirement, said the latest ruling will be appealed to the state Supreme Court.
Earlier this spring, Gonzalez alleged "discrimination," against minority and low-income students who were unable to pass the exam.
The San Francisco attorney apparently does not understand that the express purpose of exams is to determine if students have mastered subject matter well enough to be granted a certificate of achievement---in this case, a high school diploma.
To the extent that the exam "discriminates" against students who fail the exam, Gonzalez has a point.
But is that not the express purpose of exams to begin with?
For example, in order for Gonzalez to practice law, he was required to first pass the bar exam. On the other hand, Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa was unable to pass the bar, and has been forced into politics for which there are no intellectual, educational,ethical, or moral requirements.
In Gonzalez' convoluted logic,Antonio Villaraigosa is a victim of dircrimination. Fact is, the Los Angeles Mayor is just not bright enough to earn an honest living by practicing law.
In the same vein, the California high-school exam does not measure race, ethnicity, sexual orientation, credit score, personality, level of poverty, parental English usage or liberal wackiness.
The questions concern math and English. Period! End of story, next case please.
Gonzalez also fails to recognize the "discrimination" students will face in the real work world without basic math and English skills.
Indeed, students need to be aware that when looking for work in Silicon Valley and other high-technology venues, there will be no nutcase liberal attorney waiting in the wings to argue on behalf of unqualified job applicants.
In other words, Intel is looking for people who can design chips, not eat them.
Gonzalez nearly succeeded in keeping California schools ‘dumbed down’ to the point where graduation could be conferred upon any student able to prove four years of successful breathing.
Or, produce a note of explanation from a welfare case manager or parole officer.
Now, students represented by Gonzalez’ will be forced to recognize words and phrases like "Failed," "Not part of graduating class," and "Wait ‘till next year."
And those words shall be in English, mind you!
But all is not gloom and doom. In fact, there is actually some good news for Arturo’s Aces: None will have to worry about actually being able to read a High School diploma--for at least another year.
For his part, Gonzalez remains unbowed. Rumor has it his appeal to the state Supreme Court will based on the fact that most of those who failed were answering a much higher calling: Marching in the streets and freeways of Los Angeles to demand citizenship and rights for illegal aliens.
Gonzalez allegedly plans to argue that HR 4437 is a racist, bigoted bill that drove his clients from study halls to protest marches in pursuit of basic human and civil rights. Civics 101 of the liberal nut ball variety, if you will.
And everyone knows that making Mexican flags and banners reading si se puede is far more important than studying for a silly math or English exam.
When asked to explain why Asian ‘minority’ students, even those with limited English skills, fared so well on exit exams, Gonzalez allegedly explained that it was yet another example of discrimination: Very few Asian students are illegal aliens, he contends, and almost none marched in April or on May 1.
There you go. Irresponsible Asians with their little yellow noses to the grindstones, while civic-minded Latino kids unselfishly took to the streets and freeways for the larger community good.
Alas, is there no justice?
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