Life is a Mathematical Equation

 This post title should scare off most of the teacher's union educators who may have stumbled onto my blog. Those remaining will leave after the first couple of paragraphs. 

The liberal buzzword in the United States for the last three years has been "equity". They define "equity" as being "equal outcomes" for everyone. They want to eliminate tests in school so that no one can get the idea that they don't know anything. Educators aren't concerned about whether or not students learn. They just want them to all get good grades. This reminds me of this old story from about twenty years ago. American students at the time ranked tenth or eleventh in math. They ranked first in self-esteem. What did this mean? It means they can't add or subtract, but they feel good about it.

The problem with the whole "equity" crap is that life IS a mathematical equation. If you want the same outcome as someone else, you have to put in the same amount of effort as everyone else. Since our young people understand sports more than real life, let me put this idea into a basketball story. Let's say that your coach is a proponent of "equity". So, everyone makes the team, and everyone gets equal playing time. In a game, the coach puts you into the game. You are about to get your five minutes of equity. You knew that you would make the team, so you never learned to dribble, pass or shoot the ball, so you just stand there. How long are people going to cheer your team? How many points do they give for standing there? If sports denies the whole concept of equity, why would we ever use it in education or anything else of substance in life? 

"You cannot reap where you have not sown." If you don't believe this, go out in your yard and put up a sign that says, "equity garden." Don't do anything else. Don't plow, sow, water or weed. Send pictures of your vegetable crop for me to post.

I used to work for a guy who claimed that "Algebra is the basis for all logical thought." I actually believe that. I haven't seen Tom in more than thirty years, but I am certain that he is not hustling "equity" in his retirement. 

Do you want to drive over a river on a bridge designed by an engineer who got his diploma at Equity University? Not just no, but Hell No!

People who want equity in education don't want it in sports. Quick! How many Asians are playing in the NBA or the NFL? When will we make pro sports reflect the ethnic makeup of our nation? We won't do that, but we want everyone to be an "A" student. Why do All-Star teams exist? Isn't everyone an equity All-Star? In sports, we reward high performance, but the "equity" crowd does not want to recognize high performers in education.

Educators pushing "Equity" tell us that grades discriminate against some races. Racists claim that Asians are better at math due to biological differences. Asians aren't naturally better at math. They are better at math because they study math with the same intensity as a black teenager works on his jump shot. If you want to succeed at education, you need to give it more attention than you give playing sports. We are back to "You cannot reap where you have not sown." 

What next? Will every movie get an Oscar? Will every song get a Grammy? Will every NASCAR driver win the Daytona 500? Will the World win the World Series? Will the NCAA Final Four become the NCAA Equity 500?

Last, but certainly not least, "equity" is just socialism. The socialists want everybody to have the same things. The flaw in socialism is that people will not do for other people what they won't do for themselves. If you don't believe me, look at all of the "Help Wanted" signs in America. There are millions of people who quit working during COVID and aren't going back as long as they can survive on government handouts. We are on the fast road to an economic disaster and "equity" is just helping that increase speed.

In East Greensboro, there is a recreation center across the street from a library. If you don't understand anything that I have written, go see which one of those facilities is always busy. There's no one in that library looking up "equity".