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She Graduated with Honors but She Can't Read

21 points by tomaskafka 8mo ago

coldtea 8mo ago
That's nearly all of them (graduates)
hyperhello 8mo ago
> In early education, teachers told her to “stay in a corner and sleep” or “draw pictures for them.” In high school, she relied on speech-to-text programs for every assignment. Teachers knew. Administrators knew. Nobody did anything. Now she’s a freshman at UConn studying public policy — and she still can’t read the textbooks. Sounds like everyone else failed. Every single other person failed. A:Not(I)~>Fail(A).
- rasz 8mo ago
  Failed or followed spirit of No Child Left Behind Act? That was Republican legislation if I remember correctly.
resoluteteeth 8mo ago
I think this is a better explanation of the situation: https://www.cnn.com/2025/02/27/us/connecticut-aleysha-ortiz-illiterate-lawsuit-cec https://www.cnn.com/2025/02/27/us/connecticut-aleysha-ortiz-... It seems like she needed special ed assistance with reading that she unfortunately wasn't getting.
- Bluescreenbuddy 8mo ago
  The OP website is a right wing blog slop
  - thomassmith65 8mo ago
    I haven't read enough of the site to ascertain their political persuasion, but I'm allergic to the writing style. I notice... Our Team Garry Tan · Founder President & CEO, Y Combinator. Founder, GarrysList.org Bah!
  - mpnex 8mo ago
    yeah the moment I saw > California governor’s office candidate Matt Mahan told me about the Third Grade Reading Gate when I first met him last year. It’s how I knew he was legit and focused on the right things. that put the rest of it in perspective for me
ofcourseyoudo 8mo ago
Should be noted her actual lawsuit did not mention anything about not being able to read, it's suing her case manager for bullying https://civilinquiry.jud.ct.gov/DocumentInquiry/DocumentInquiry.aspx?DocumentNo=28965784 https://civilinquiry.jud.ct.gov/DocumentInquiry/DocumentInqu...
- resoluteteeth 8mo ago
  There seem to be two lawsuits. The more relevant one is that she is apparently now suing the school for negligence.
hshdhdhj4444 8mo ago
The same evidence (the only evidence) could have been presented as: Mississippi is doing great for its kids. We should all follow them. Instead it’s completely unnecessarily frames as “the political side that I don’t like is ruining everything”. There are instances (too many, unfortunately) where this is true. This isn’t one of them. In comparable Blue/Red states (CA vs TX, NY vs FL) the blue states are doing better, even if u think the blue state performances are also inexcusable. Have people become incapable of talking normally and need to force everything into an enemy/ally frame? Or is this just rage bait, or ironically, the author “virtue” signaling to their own political tribe

21 points by tomaskafka 8mo ago

That's nearly all of them (graduates)

> In early education, teachers told her to “stay in a corner and sleep” or “draw pictures for them.” In high school, she relied on speech-to-text programs for every assignment. Teachers knew. Administrators knew. Nobody did anything. Now she’s a freshman at UConn studying public policy — and she still can’t read the textbooks. Sounds like everyone else failed. Every single other person failed. A:Not(I)~>Fail(A).

rasz 8mo ago
Failed or followed spirit of No Child Left Behind Act? That was Republican legislation if I remember correctly.

resoluteteeth 8mo ago

I think this is a better explanation of the situation: https://www.cnn.com/2025/02/27/us/connecticut-aleysha-ortiz-illiterate-lawsuit-cec https://www.cnn.com/2025/02/27/us/connecticut-aleysha-ortiz-... It seems like she needed special ed assistance with reading that she unfortunately wasn't getting.

Bluescreenbuddy 8mo ago
The OP website is a right wing blog slop
- thomassmith65 8mo ago
  I haven't read enough of the site to ascertain their political persuasion, but I'm allergic to the writing style. I notice... Our Team Garry Tan · Founder President & CEO, Y Combinator. Founder, GarrysList.org Bah!
- mpnex 8mo ago
  yeah the moment I saw > California governor’s office candidate Matt Mahan told me about the Third Grade Reading Gate when I first met him last year. It’s how I knew he was legit and focused on the right things. that put the rest of it in perspective for me

ofcourseyoudo 8mo ago

Should be noted her actual lawsuit did not mention anything about not being able to read, it's suing her case manager for bullying https://civilinquiry.jud.ct.gov/DocumentInquiry/DocumentInquiry.aspx?DocumentNo=28965784 https://civilinquiry.jud.ct.gov/DocumentInquiry/DocumentInqu...

resoluteteeth 8mo ago
There seem to be two lawsuits. The more relevant one is that she is apparently now suing the school for negligence.

hshdhdhj4444 8mo ago

The same evidence (the only evidence) could have been presented as: Mississippi is doing great for its kids. We should all follow them. Instead it’s completely unnecessarily frames as “the political side that I don’t like is ruining everything”. There are instances (too many, unfortunately) where this is true. This isn’t one of them. In comparable Blue/Red states (CA vs TX, NY vs FL) the blue states are doing better, even if u think the blue state performances are also inexcusable. Have people become incapable of talking normally and need to force everything into an enemy/ally frame? Or is this just rage bait, or ironically, the author “virtue” signaling to their own political tribe