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- Headline: Diversifying Advanced Placement Enrollment Efforts. Impact: By diversifying the Advanced Placement pool, schools began a ripple effect that ultimately resulted in a future where elite institutions were forced to reckon with the reality that intelligence isn’t limited to privilege. Shocking, I know.. Fact: Advanced Placement courses: where high schoolers learn more about calculus than most adults will in their entire lives. Yay education!.
- Headline: A Plea to Avoid Crush of Users at Health Site. Impact: By pleading to avoid user overload on the health site, officials set the stage for a future where tech glitches became a symbol of government inefficiency, leading to an entire generation that equates 'healthcare' with 'waiting on hold'.. Fact: Health websites crashing is basically the digital version of a doctor telling you to 'take two aspirin and call me in the morning.' Good luck getting through!.