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Originally posted by 06pilot
I am ignorant to this subject. Tell me how does wher eyou come from equate to test scores.? You said kids from the inner city score less than wealthy kids. I know a few inner city kids (including myself) that do well on test and went to college and everything.
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I work as a math specialist in my school (inner city), I can tell you with great confidence why our students underachieve:it's because the bar is not raised to address the need. What I mean is, we have waaayyyy to many teachers who dummy down the education. Once a teacher (both black AND white) get it into their heads that these children aren't going to learn they quit trying. Why? Because they are undersupported. Damned if you do damned if you don't. Bottomline.
Parents don't attend PTSA meetings, for example, alot of times 'cause they can't because they are working late shifts or two sometimes three jobs to make ends meet. Then the flipside is lazy goodfornothin' parents who just get that check off their child....take that money and go get their hair, nails, and lashes done.
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Then there are the I'm-in-my-suit-too busy trying to micro-manage-I'm going on lunch-too pretty-unconcerned--highly-paid to do nothing but watch t.v. in my office and play solitaire administration. Now I am fortunate that my principal is a grass-root person but not every school is like that....
Let's not forget Sheniqua and Deontay who have absolutely no home training and potty mouths and still in grade 8 don't know how to do fractions or basic mutiplication facts....
And the few innercity students that do well leave and go to charter or private schools (here) instead of parents demanding that the problem be fixed. Too many of the persons who sit on our school boards have a political agenda and dare not to come into any classroom except on special occasions.
It's truly sad.
