She Graduated with Honors but She Can't Read

https://garryslist.org/posts/she-graduated-with-honors-but-she-can-t-read-d2def6ed

by tomaskafka • 5 months ago

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coldtea• 5 months ago

That's nearly all of them (graduates)

hyperhello• 5 months ago

In early education, teachers told her to “stay in a corner and sleep” or “draw pictures for them.” In high school, she relied on speech-to-text programs for every assignment. Teachers knew. Administrators knew. Nobody did anything. Now she’s a freshman at UConn studying public policy — and she still can’t read the textbooks.

Sounds like everyone else failed. Every single other person failed. A:Not(I)~>Fail(A).

rasz• 5 months ago

Failed or followed spirit of No Child Left Behind Act? That was Republican legislation if I remember correctly.

resoluteteeth2• 5 months ago

I think this is a better explanation of the situation: https://www.cnn.com/2025/02/27/us/connecticut-aleysha-ortiz-...

It seems like she needed special ed assistance with reading that she unfortunately wasn't getting.

Bluescreenbuddy• 5 months ago

The OP website is a right wing blog slop

thomassmith65• 5 months ago

I haven't read enough of the site to ascertain their political persuasion, but I'm allergic to the writing style. I notice...

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Bah!

mpnex• 5 months ago

yeah the moment I saw

California governor’s office candidate Matt Mahan told me about the Third Grade Reading Gate when I first met him last year. It’s how I knew he was legit and focused on the right things.

that put the rest of it in perspective for me

ofcourseyoudo• 5 months ago

Should be noted her actual lawsuit did not mention anything about not being able to read, it's suing her case manager for bullying

https://civilinquiry.jud.ct.gov/DocumentInquiry/DocumentInqu...

resoluteteeth2• 5 months ago

There seem to be two lawsuits. The more relevant one is that she is apparently now suing the school for negligence.

hshdhdhj4444• 5 months ago

The same evidence (the only evidence) could have been presented as:

Mississippi is doing great for its kids. We should all follow them.

Instead it’s completely unnecessarily frames as “the political side that I don’t like is ruining everything”. There are instances (too many, unfortunately) where this is true. This isn’t one of them. In comparable Blue/Red states (CA vs TX, NY vs FL) the blue states are doing better, even if u think the blue state performances are also inexcusable.

Have people become incapable of talking normally and need to force everything into an enemy/ally frame? Or is this just rage bait, or ironically, the author “virtue” signaling to their own political tribe

She Graduated with Honors but She Can't Read

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