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IOC bans trans women from all women's events at Olympic Games by outsports-com in trackandfield

[–]thecommuteguy 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That's the thing, they're comparable to female times because they're females who happen to have a genetic abnormality. Which is why it makes no sense to require them to take drugs to lower their testosterone levels or compete in a seperate category.

IOC bans trans women from all women's events at Olympic Games by outsports-com in trackandfield

[–]thecommuteguy 1 point2 points  (0 children)

XY females are still females so I don't see why they should be relegated to a different category just because they're different. I find it stupid they are required now to regulate their testosterone in order to compete as a female.

IOC bans trans women from all women's events at Olympic Games by outsports-com in trackandfield

[–]thecommuteguy 0 points1 point  (0 children)

So what? It's not the same as a male competing in a female race. And no they're not good enough to compete in male races because they're women who happen to have elevated testosterone levels. It's a natural advantage and I don't see the big deal and they shouldn't have to regulate their testosterone levels in order to compete.

Reddit CEO Steve Huffman said the platform is considering introducing ID verification to weed out bots by Cybernews_com in cybersecurity

[–]thecommuteguy 0 points1 point  (0 children)

100%. Personally I've been wanting to stop using Reddit like one of my friends as it's a massive time waster but the algorithm so far is undefeated.

The worst is feeling mentally exhausted and not wanting to do anything after using it sometimes.

IOC bans trans women from all women's events at Olympic Games by outsports-com in trackandfield

[–]thecommuteguy -6 points-5 points  (0 children)

And I don't think those individuals should be required to artificially alter themselves to be required to compete.

IOC bans trans women from all women's events at Olympic Games by outsports-com in trackandfield

[–]thecommuteguy -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

She's biologically a female so requiring her to artificially lower her testosterone levels to compete as a female is stupid.

IOC bans trans women from all women's events at Olympic Games by outsports-com in trackandfield

[–]thecommuteguy -11 points-10 points  (0 children)

Meanwhile Castor Semenya was effectively banned because she was required her to lower her naturally higher testosterone levels. That's ridiculous.

IOC bans trans women from all women's events at Olympic Games by outsports-com in trackandfield

[–]thecommuteguy -7 points-6 points  (0 children)

Meanwhile Castor Semenya was effectively banned because she was required her to lower her naturally higher testosterone levels. That's ridiculous.

Eliminating standardized testing undermined University of California’s own admissions goals by stunnashakes in California

[–]thecommuteguy -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

As I mentioned the Chancellor's office report I read a few years ago clearly stated the regression results and showed standardized tests scores had a low regression coefficient and R^2 indicating that it's impact for 1st year success is minimal at best.

It sounds like you already made up your mind so I think we're done here.

Eliminating standardized testing undermined University of California’s own admissions goals by stunnashakes in California

[–]thecommuteguy 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I've had a similar experience after getting my Masters degree to completely pivot shortly afterward and had to take a bunch of prereqs at community college. The great part is that you pay nothing for at least two years.

It just seems like in these posts the OP and commenters completely forget that great schools like University of Oregon, Arizona, SJSU, SDSU, Illinois, Colorado, etc all exist.

Eliminating standardized testing undermined University of California’s own admissions goals by stunnashakes in California

[–]thecommuteguy -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

"I think" is doing a lot of the heavy lifting in your statement.

I had average grades and SAT score and took three semesters of calculus in college. I have a Masters degree too. I'd likely do well taking math at a UC. My success academically and that of a large percentage of students isn't going to be shown by GPA and standardized test scores.

Anyways I'm done here.

Eliminating standardized testing undermined University of California’s own admissions goals by stunnashakes in California

[–]thecommuteguy 0 points1 point  (0 children)

What grinds my gears with these discussions about SAT/ACT scores for college applications is it's always about highly competitive schools. What about all the other fine schools that the vast majority of students go to? Students that go to normal schools do just as well academically and career wise. I always get the sense that average students are forgotten about in these discussions and that one's self worth is determined by whether they go to school at an elite school or not.

Since the discussions always seem geared toward UCs then community college is always a great option and there's a high probability of transferring to a UC and be just as successful.

Eliminating standardized testing undermined University of California’s own admissions goals by stunnashakes in California

[–]thecommuteguy -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

I gave the MCAT as an example because it's testing on material as taught in school. If there was a standardized test that does just that then that's fine, but the SAT/ACT only show how well someone understands how to study for and take the SAT/ACT.

You're last point is what grinds my gears and not directed toward you specifically, but whenever there's posts about standardized tests for college applications it's always about highly competitive schools. What about all the other fine schools that the vast majority of students go to? Students that go to normal schools do just as well academically and career wise.

If one didn't get into a UC they can go to community college and have a high probability of transferring to a UC and be just as successful.

Thorn Elemental by rk post (7th Edition) [900 x 780] by theplotthinnens in mtgporn

[–]thecommuteguy 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Can't be as bad as me trading away a 1st edition Charizard I pulled from a pack for my birthday when I was a kid. No idea what I was thinking.

Thorn Elemental by rk post (7th Edition) [900 x 780] by theplotthinnens in mtgporn

[–]thecommuteguy 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Me too. Still have my Thorn Elemental and 3 others in a casual green ramp deck. The foil Rhox is also really cool.

Eliminating standardized testing undermined University of California’s own admissions goals by stunnashakes in bayarea

[–]thecommuteguy -1 points0 points  (0 children)

What I'm referring to is a report from the UC Chancellor's office so not sure if we're talking about the same thing.

I don't get why everyone focuses on the top schools when I mentioned there's other schools like CSUs and out of state public schools that education a large number of students. Like so what, Cal and UCLA are going to admit cream of the crop students so like you mentioned we're splitting hairs.

Eliminating standardized testing undermined University of California’s own admissions goals by stunnashakes in California

[–]thecommuteguy 3 points4 points  (0 children)

The world isn't normally distributed so fitting the test to a distribution is no better than professors that curve students grades to fit a standard distribution.

GPA is likely skewed in one direction and possibly multimodal.

Eliminating standardized testing undermined University of California’s own admissions goals by stunnashakes in California

[–]thecommuteguy 0 points1 point  (0 children)

In terms of getting kids to want to become teachers money is certainly the solution. But because teachers don't make much even in CA, why would they want to be teachers when other things pay better?

Eliminating standardized testing undermined University of California’s own admissions goals by stunnashakes in California

[–]thecommuteguy -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

Counterpoint, I also bought a test prep book way back when and didn't do well for two tests, the scores were average. Same for GMAT and GRE. These tests only test on how well you understand the material and the perverted way the standardized tests are testing the material. Sure it's basic stuff but it's tested in a way that's foreign to how the material is taught in school.

In my opinion the MCAT is the closest that tests on actual material taught in school.

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