A lot of people said hair on fire. This is going to be the end of Texas. We're all still here five years later. Well, We're having to lower our standards. You know, we lowered our standards. You know, now we're so proud that 90% of our kids are graduating high school, but yet they go to a community college or they go to a four-year university and they find that they have to take remedial courses. That's proof. And every time a child goes, you know, has to go through that, what does their future look like? (18:45–18:58)
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Asserts that high school graduation standards have been lowered, leading to students needing remedial courses in college.
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