at keeping on top of current events, but there are things in this world I overlook. One recent example is the ridiculous lawsuit filed in California by a fundamentalist school, Calvary Chapel Christian School, and an organization representing it, against the University of California system alleging discrimination or some stupid thing because the UC system, which has NUMEROUS applicants from legitimate secondary schools around the world, rejects some of their students' courses of study.
As well it should. Public colleges and universities have every right to expect their students to come from schools which attain a certain standard so that these students can succeed in college. Using crap materials from places like A Beka or Bob Jones University doesn't cut it.
Furthermore, no college owes any student a place in a university. Nobody is forcing them to apply to those schools; there are other places they can attend.
This editorial from over a month ago spells out the issue clearly:
The suit against UC is part of a campaign by religious conservatives to put public educators on the defensive and insinuate their beliefs into the classroom. UC must stand firm, in defense of students who need to be taught objective content and critical thinking.
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