awesome. So when people can't pass the test we just make the tests easier until they do. There's no way that will backfire and create an entitled and ignorant society.

I feel genuinely bad for educators these days. I remember as a child really admiring the profession but these days you couldn't offer a salary high enough for me to take on the job.

This sounds a lot like something I was reading the other day about women in the military and how they were dramatically reducing the physical requirements for them to be in the Marines. That'll be extremely helpful on the battlefield when the people that you are depending on can't carry their backpack.