That’s what I said, but they said I’m completely wrong!
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awmwrites@lemmy.cafe 18 hours ago
A lot of larger cities like New York and Chicago have magnet schools. They usually take a mix of merit students and endowment students, making it easy for rich people to buy their kids into them. Smaller cities and most towns have gifted and talented programs connected to public schools instead of their own schools. Your polycule is correct that they’re usually just resume builders for rich kids, but it is totally possible for a poor white kid from Queens to get accepted through the merit track.
Grail@multiverse.soulism.net 18 hours ago
Nemo@slrpnk.net 11 hours ago
The rich kids need the smart kids there to tutor them. It’s self-serving to make sure you get them in there together.
fubo@lemmy.world 18 hours ago
The only way you get into a specialized public school in New York City is by passing a standardized test. You can’t buy your way in.
en.wikipedia.org/…/Specialized_High_Schools_Admis…
Lost_My_Mind@lemmy.world 16 hours ago
Ah the internet. Where people will say some common knowledge, then someone else will come by and challenge that knowledge, thus pointing out that the common knowledge is actually wrong. So now I’m left to wonder “Wait, where did I even hear that from to begin with?”
And the answer is probably some guy on the internet. Just a statement that presents no reason to challenge it, so it becomes accepted as fact for decades. Until one night at 3am, you realize you can’t actually defend how you know it’s right, and maybe this other guy saying it’s wrong is right.
This is my life now. Random strangers fight on the internet, as I question reality.
BananaTrifleViolin@lemmy.world 15 hours ago
I think of it like this: common knowledge is representative of the knowledge of the average voter. Then look at the average voter anyhere. Thats pretty good motivation for me at least to always fins out for myself.