# "Equity" comes to schools in Vancouver **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [June 18, 2021, 11:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/equity-comes-to-schools-in-vancouver/944533 "2021-06-18T11:24:50Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 42
**Author:** ![MrDibble](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mrdibble/32/114_2.png) [@MrDibble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrDibble)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2021, 2:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/equity-comes-to-schools-in-vancouver/944533/42 "2021-06-21T14:55:57Z")
> [@DemonTree](#): > > Bringing people up is hard and requires more resources. “I’m all for equality - until I hear my side has to reduce its privilege” > [@ZosterSandstorm](#): > > I don’t consider “being given appropriate instruction for your aptitude level” to be an “extra privilege” i Since the kids will still be receiving “appropriate instruction for their aptitude level”, that’s clearly not the privilege that’s being cut. What’s being cut is the getting it away from all the smelly plebs… > [@ZosterSandstorm](#): > > Then again, I’m not a shitty teacher who has devoted his life to destroying excellence out of jealousy like you are. Errm, what makes you think I’m a teacher? > [@ZosterSandstorm](#): > > (Guess if every thread that questions leftist educational dogma is gonna be moved to the Pit I might as well make the most of it). “Oh, no, the evil leftists _forced_ me to be a dick” No-one bought that that obvious lie of an argument when **Martin\_Hyde** made it, either, cowardly motherfucker. > [@Jas09](#): > > @DemonTree 's comment about using “smart” kids to teach the rest is a great example of how _not_ to do it, Works in Finland, Germany, etc. _Not_ the idiotic “unpaid teacher” caricature of **DemonTree** (I’ve raised before how it’s obvious some people only see education in transactional terms), but the Learning By Teaching methodology is an accepted part of the pedagogy toolset there (and even in some schools here in the Global South). --- _[View the full topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/equity-comes-to-schools-in-vancouver/944533)._