Trump Derangement Syndrome is poisoning the world of your child's public education
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REVEALED: One LSAT test prep book has a question calling Donald Trump "unfit" for the presidency.
As Above The Law reported, the latest edition of "The LSAT Prep Book" included two references to Trump in sections meant to teach law students deductive reasoning skills.
The first section came as an example illustrating how to reach a logical conclusion. The section first offered a passage, and then demonstrates how one could draw conclusions about the biases of the statement's writer.
"Donald Trump is unfit to be President of the United States," the passage read. "He lacks political experience and backs racist policies, such as internment camps and deportation."
In explanation, the unofficial LSAT prep book noted that "the author's conclusion is that Donald Trump would not be a good president."
"The author offers Trump's lack of political experience and supposed racist policies as the evidence, or premises, to justify his conclusion," the explanation continued. "The author also cites examples of policies. Evaluating the strength of the logical connection between the premises and conclusion is how reasonableness is determined."
Another section - this time in the form of a multiple-choice practice test question and a thinly-veiled reference to a presidential candidate named "Ronald Thump" - has students deduce the bias of a more pro-Trump statement.
"Ronald Thump will be the next President of the United States," the question read. "His cutthroat business tactics will be quite effective as the nation's top executive. Mr. Thump's manipulation of tax and bankruptcy loopholes helped grow his father's fortune."
The question continued by noting that:
The author would most likely agree that:
a. Businessmen always make the best presidents.
b. Ronald Thump is the most successful businessman of all time.
c. Manipulating tax and bankruptcy loopholes is always advisable.
d. Ronald Thump's fortune would not exist without his father.
e. Business experience is directly relevant to succeeding as president.
In a statement to the College Fix blog, Law School Admission Council spokesperson Wendy Margolis said that the book's publisher, Test Prep Books, "is not an officially recognized provider of LSAT prep material." She went on to say that all LSAT prep materials are "governed by strict guidelines to avoid bias, and all content undergoes multiple reviews to ensure that there is no bias" - a process that Above the Law's Staci Zaretsky noted clearly did not happen with the Trump references in this book.
Daily Caller: "An LSAT preparatory exam labels President Donald Trump as racist and a tax cheat in two questions asking students to rationalize conclusions presented by an author and determine which statement the author would agree most," the lead to the Caller's story on the passages began.
"President Trump has 'racist policies' and backs 'internment camps,'??" Fox News' Caleb Parke wrote, "or at least that's what one allegedly reasonable argument used in a graduate school study guide would have readers believe."
On Twitter, outraged citizens echoed the conclusions of the blogs.
"Graduate students are being miseducated in regard to the definition of the word racist policy on a LSAT prep test," Carmen Taylor tweeted. "President Trump is not racist because he is keeping out illegal immigrants that would cause harm to Americans. He is protecting us."
Graduate students are being miseducated in regard to the definition of the word racist policy on a LSAT prep test. President Trump is not racist because he is keeping out illegal immigrants that would cause harm to Americans. He is protecting us.
- Carmen Taylor (@CarmenTaylor20) August 6, 2018
"This is an outrage!" another user wrote. "The Left needs to be sanctioned severely."
This is an outrage! The Left needs to be sanctioned severely. https://t.co/PW490XRms1
- John M. Wills ðŸâ®ââ¢â¬Ã¯Â¸ÂðŸââ¢Ã°Å¸Å¡â (@johnmwills) August 6, 2018
More responses below:
As a Dept of Ed employee, I can attest that this is the truth. Check your children's textbooks, too, because it starts with the K-12 grade students. Look at their homework, reading assignments, everything! DEMAND cameras and audio in ALL classrooms!!https://t.co/jshSFV407U
- Miss B (@DeplorableMissB) August 6, 2018
Is anyone else listening??
Do NOT tell me the nation's entire education system is not POLITICIZED!
Define: Domestic Enemy of the United States.
Trump Bashed As Racist Tax Cheat In LSAT Prep Exam https://t.co/BLKOqXH6qZ via @dailycaller
- Ten Tam (@Tentam4evr) August 6, 2018