She Graduated with Honors but She Can't Read

(garryslist.org)

17 points | by tomaskafka 6 hours ago ago

10 comments

  • resoluteteeth 5 hours ago

    I think this is a better explanation of the situation: 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 4 hours ago

      The OP website is a right wing blog slop

      • thomassmith65 4 hours ago

        I haven't read enough of the site to ascertain their political persuasion, but I'm allergic to the writing style. I notice...

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      • mpnex 4 hours 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

  • hshdhdhj4444 an hour 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

  • ofcourseyoudo 3 hours 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/DocumentInqu...

    • resoluteteeth 2 hours ago

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

  • hyperhello 5 hours 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 27 minutes ago

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

  • coldtea 5 hours ago

    That's nearly all of them (graduates)