Florida’s public universities will now permit the Classic Learning Test in admissions, offering a conservative-backed alternative to the SAT and ACT. Florida is now the first state university system in the country to allow for the Classic Learning Test (CLT), which has gained recent popularity among the state’s Christian and charter schools.

The classical education model — not to be confused with “classics” or “classical humanities” — focuses on a return to “core values” and the “centrality of the Western tradition.” The Florida state university system’s board of governors on Friday approved the test for use in undergraduate admissions.

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    Also, jobs. Like I know in general most places don’t give a shit. If it’s a shitty for profit university, maybe. But for the vast majority of the time, it doesn’t matter…

    But this seems to be a little different. Maybe some of them should start caring about this.

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      I can only hope for an interview to go something like this:

      “This position requires a college degree, but all I see on your resume is this worthless garbage from Florida. Did you ever get a real education? Let’s find out, explain evolution to me…”