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Comment: Re:Becuz (Score 4, Interesting) 269

by Marxist Hacker 42 (#46475129) Attached to: Is the New "Common Core SAT" Bill Gates' Doing?

Where to begin? Denial of reading the classics. The elimination of poetry and Shakespeare. Replacement with texts designed to limit vocabulary and more importantly, limit thinking. The almost assured dropout rate of at least 34% as the kids too stupid to achieve common core drop out from frustration and the kids too smart for common core drop out from boredom.

It's likely great for the 68% of the kids in the middle of the bell curve, but universal literacy is not going to be accomplished under it anymore.

Comment: Re:Here in the U.S. (was Re:Here in Europe) (Score 2) 548

by Marxist Hacker 42 (#46472823) Attached to: White House: Get ACA Insurance Coverage, Launch Start-Ups

In Oregon, there's actually a program to make "Double-Dipping" legal. Basically, if you can find a way through self employment to earn up to 25% of your unemployment check, you can. If you earn more than 25%, your check is reduced dollar for dollar to 125%, at which point it disappears (and presumably, at which point you're the equivalent of fully employed at about $1 over minimum wage anyway, and no longer need the check).
