OREGON OBSERVATIONS 25 SEPTEMBER 2022 Leave a Comment / Uncategorized / By admin School update: boys’ restroom tampon petition fails. Diploma flop. Recall effort. To truly understand how dire these headlines are, consider this extract: “The Oregon State Board of Education also ruled this month that graduation standards be permanently dropped, so that students do not need to show a mastery of reading, writing, and math in order to receive a diploma.” So, allow me to ask the obvious question: If the student isn’t required to demonstrate his or her or it’s proficiency in the basic skills required to make it in the world, why does this state even require them to go to school? Maybe the logic is to see if they can find their assigned school building every day, to demonstrate their future ability to find the Pine Street Logging Company. That’s what we used to call the Roseburg Unemployment Office when I lived there. 4 3
