So-called “Ivy League” schools, led by Cornell
University and the University of Pennsylvania, have begun dispensing with
deans’ lists, because…well you likely know why. These erstwhile bastions of
“higher education” claim the lists are not only unnecessary, but cause undue stress and anxiety
for students.
As might anything requiring effort and competence.
Which is why effort and competence are under attack, as is the honoring—or even
recognition—of competence and effort. So, out with SAT tests, get rid of deans’
lists, and dispense with honor rolls. Hell, let’s get rid of grading systems
entirely!
Measures of ability, aptitude, and competence are ever
more passé. The only metric that matters in today’s world is, say it with me
now…”diversity, equity, and inclusion.” DEI! Who cares if the
surgeon-to-be doesn’t know your tonsils from your toenails, as long as
he/she/they check all the right intersectional boxes! And your pilot? Can’t
tell an aileron from an elevator, Iceland from France…and panics with a gust of
wind? Moot points all! He/she/they hail from a protected class! Feel better
now?
While we’re at it, let’s rid ourselves of exalted
designations such as “All-Pro” and “All-Star.” They may cause stress and
anxiety among athletes! Let’s do away with the Oscars, abolish the Grammys, forgo
the Emmys, and nix the Nobel Prize. To the ash heap of history with any
acknowledgement of merit! Out with virtue, in with equity!
Speaking of the assault on
excellence and The War on Worthiness, let’s stop awarding Silver Stars, Medals
of Honor, and Purple Hearts to the young people in the military defending the
nation. Vying for these meaningless trinkets must cause them stress and
anxiety. Valor, too, just gets in the way of inclusion.
Equity, pass it on.
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