# Educational WTF from across the globe

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/educational-wtf-from-across-the-globe/989078>\
**Category:** The BBQ Pit\
**Created:** [August 25, 2023, 2:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/educational-wtf-from-across-the-globe/989078 "2023-08-25T14:17:44Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/left_hand_of_dorkness/32/7156_2.png) [@Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Left_Hand_of_Dorkness)\
**Post date:** [September 12, 2023, 5:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/educational-wtf-from-across-the-globe/989078/41 "2023-09-12T17:08:28Z")

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> [@Atamasama](#):
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> How can these people not realize how much this shit matters?!

High stakes testing makes people stupid. The test results are reported out by race, and someone who’s feeling under tremendous pressure to change the racial reports might make a racist decision, as happened here.

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**Author:** ![Monty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/monty/32/47_2.png) [@Monty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Monty)\
**Post date:** [September 13, 2023, 12:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/educational-wtf-from-across-the-globe/989078/42 "2023-09-13T12:36:03Z")

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> [@Atamasama](#):
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> How can these people not realize how much this shit matters?!

They’re fucking morons.

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**Author:** ![EddyTeddyFreddy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eddyteddyfreddy/32/18796_2.png) [@EddyTeddyFreddy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EddyTeddyFreddy)\
**Post date:** [September 13, 2023, 3:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/educational-wtf-from-across-the-globe/989078/43 "2023-09-13T15:53:19Z")

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The salt of the earth. Not worried about the fact that salting the earth means nothing will grow there.

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**Author:** ![Love\_Rhombus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/love_rhombus/32/10694_2.png) [@Love\_Rhombus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Love_Rhombus)\
**Post date:** [September 13, 2023, 3:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/educational-wtf-from-across-the-globe/989078/44 "2023-09-13T15:56:36Z")

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That’s because those are weak snowflake plants. If they really wanted to grow, they could do it. No work ethic in that shrubbery.

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