Stalin
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I am a simple person. I was raised in a marxist household where relatives went off to the USSR and China to fight for the cause. My relatives were friends of major figures in the party of both countries. Luckily all returned without major injury but full of information and stories to impart.
Suffice to say that what I learnt, from second-hand experience is in complete contradiction to the lies pumped out by the capitalist lie factory.
If you apply science to history, the result is marxism.
If you apply science to nature, the result is is evolution, climate change, communication satelites and plama TVs. For marxists, the rigour of science is an obvious substitute for the nonsense of religion.
So far. so good, at least in my mind.
I am not a US citizen, and have never visited what is obviously a fascinating country. mainly because marxists are not allowed to visit, unless they are needed to serve the interests of capital.
So could someone please explain the following article.
"...Berkeley High School is considering a controversial proposal to eliminate science labs and the five science teachers who teach them to free up more resources to help struggling students.
The proposal to put the science-lab cuts on the table was approved recently by Berkeley High's School Governance Council, a body of teachers, parents, and students who oversee a plan to change the structure of the high school to address Berkeley's dismal racial achievement gap, where white students are doing far better than the state average while black and Latino students are doing worse.
Paul Gibson, an alternate parent representative on the School Governance Council, said that information presented at council meetings suggests that the science labs were largely classes for white students. He said the decision to consider cutting the labs in order to redirect resources to underperforming students was virtually unanimous.
Science teachers were understandably horrified by the proposal. "The majority of the science department believes that this major policy decision affecting the entire student body, the faculty, and the community has been made without any notification, without a hearing," said Mardi Sicular-Mertens, the senior member of Berkeley High School's science department, at last week's school board meeting.
Sincular-Mertens, who has taught science at BHS for 24 years, said the possible cuts will impact her black students as well. She says there are twelve African-American males in her AP classes and that her four environmental science classes are 17.5 percent African American and 13.9 percent Latino. "As teachers, we are greatly saddened at the thought of losing the opportunity to help all of our students master the skills they need to find satisfaction and success in their education," she told the board.
more at http://www.eastbayexpress.com/ebx/b...6fda29328dc547b948f1&sort=desc#readerComments
Comrade Stalin
Suffice to say that what I learnt, from second-hand experience is in complete contradiction to the lies pumped out by the capitalist lie factory.
If you apply science to history, the result is marxism.
If you apply science to nature, the result is is evolution, climate change, communication satelites and plama TVs. For marxists, the rigour of science is an obvious substitute for the nonsense of religion.
So far. so good, at least in my mind.
I am not a US citizen, and have never visited what is obviously a fascinating country. mainly because marxists are not allowed to visit, unless they are needed to serve the interests of capital.
So could someone please explain the following article.
"...Berkeley High School is considering a controversial proposal to eliminate science labs and the five science teachers who teach them to free up more resources to help struggling students.
The proposal to put the science-lab cuts on the table was approved recently by Berkeley High's School Governance Council, a body of teachers, parents, and students who oversee a plan to change the structure of the high school to address Berkeley's dismal racial achievement gap, where white students are doing far better than the state average while black and Latino students are doing worse.
Paul Gibson, an alternate parent representative on the School Governance Council, said that information presented at council meetings suggests that the science labs were largely classes for white students. He said the decision to consider cutting the labs in order to redirect resources to underperforming students was virtually unanimous.
Science teachers were understandably horrified by the proposal. "The majority of the science department believes that this major policy decision affecting the entire student body, the faculty, and the community has been made without any notification, without a hearing," said Mardi Sicular-Mertens, the senior member of Berkeley High School's science department, at last week's school board meeting.
Sincular-Mertens, who has taught science at BHS for 24 years, said the possible cuts will impact her black students as well. She says there are twelve African-American males in her AP classes and that her four environmental science classes are 17.5 percent African American and 13.9 percent Latino. "As teachers, we are greatly saddened at the thought of losing the opportunity to help all of our students master the skills they need to find satisfaction and success in their education," she told the board.
more at http://www.eastbayexpress.com/ebx/b...6fda29328dc547b948f1&sort=desc#readerComments
Comrade Stalin
Gotta Stop reading anything prior to my 4 cups of JAVA 
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