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04-11-2017, 01:04 AM
Quote: (04-11-2017 12:46 AM)Merenguero Wrote:
Quote: (04-11-2017 12:32 AM)Kabal Wrote:
Quote: (04-10-2017 07:16 PM)Genghis Khan Wrote:
Your story is such a great argument in favor of school vouchers. Reminds me of my own childhood. I started off in public school, but very quickly my parents realized it was a shithole and transferred me into a private school. The only reason I could even attend that private school was because my country has a school voucher system - approx. $10K per student who enrolls. It was a fantastic system. Shitty schools would inevitably close as students fleed, better schools stayed open. Free market at its finest. And the proof was in the pudding: my country consistently ranked at the top of the PISA rankings.
Ah, the U.S.
Indeed, once you adjust for race, US PISA scores are at the top or near the top. Asian Americans beat almost all Asian nations/locales, and White Americans beat the lion-share of European nations.
I've said it before and I'll say it again. People at the top of the totum pole in the United States, regardless of race, own the whole rest of the world in every single category. Average in the United States is really bad and the bottom of the barrel is god awful.
Indeed, the U.S.'s average is dragged down due to its... vibrancy.
The "top of the totem pole" of the U.S. in cognitive ability differs drastically from the U.S. overall in terms of racial composition--and likewise for the "bottom of the barrel"--but in different ways, to say the least.
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04-11-2017, 11:13 AM
My thinking is that having a lifestyle that is physically comfortable does produce the "beautiful ones" scenario seen in the mouse experiment. People who have their basic needs met at very little physical cost tend to live empty lives that they fill with entertainment to pretend they are happy. There's no incentive to do anything except put in the bare minimum of effort needed to keeping getting the paychecks that sustain their escapism.
Modern sex education means that for pretty much everyone who attended public school, children are one mental step away from the white goo left in a condom or a trip to the abortionist. Kids are seen as an optional byproduct of sex, that they can and ought to be prevented or aborted until everyone (at least all women) has had their fill of carnal pleasure. Equating the unborn with parasites leeching off of the female body has become a feature of everyday feminist discourse.
Until structural changes are made to the system the only way to be able to have lots of kids is find a willing wife and find a way to make money passively. I'm looking into alternative forms of income so my wife can homeschool our children when we have them. It also helps to get active about collaborating with friends and family so you have have people to build a small community around.
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04-11-2017, 12:06 PM
Why no Indians on the PISA score?
More statistical drivel.
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04-11-2017, 12:13 PM
Because India has never participated in PISA. They were supposed to participate in 2012 and 2015 and pulled out both times. It seems there's a "socio-cultural disconnect" that makes the test unfair for Indian students.
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04-11-2017, 12:18 PM
It would be interesting to see the ethnic break-down for other countries too. Even though the United Kingdom has a very similar culture, standard of living and education system to Ireland, it scores 9 points lower. Go figure why.
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04-11-2017, 05:03 PM
Keep in mind a 14 point difference on the PISA, like between the UK and Ireland, isn't huge. The PISA is supposed to have a standard deviation of 100, so a 14 point difference on the PISA is somewhat analogous to a 2.1 IQ difference.
Usually you would expect UK whites to outperform Irish whites by a few points (Hajnal Line, baby!).
However, the proportion of non-white 15-16 year olds in UK is quite sizeable, so that could certainly be a factor. Also, the UK could be more vigilant in school attendance, dragging average test scores down a few PISA points.
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04-11-2017, 05:10 PM
So Massachusetts is a race now? And Florida is to but only around forty points less?
This makes no sense to me, but Polynesians aren't smart enough to be on the list.
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