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Originally Posted by delph998
Unfortunate but true in a lot of instances. However, I'd like to dig a little further with this study and ask if it's solely who's (as it relates to race) teaching that's effecting how prepared our black students are? I've taught math for after school programs and have tutored youth in my church for years and I agree that black students are not being equipped with the tools to further their education. We could point the finger at a lot of people, but I believe it starts at home.
Perfect example, I taught a student that went to my church math about four years ago. I knew then that he was struggling badly so I spoke to his parents. They did nothing. Fastforward to 2007 and this 19-year old young man has not received his diploma because he has yet to pass the Minnesota Basic Standards Test. Now his parents are asking me to help tutor him again so he can get his diploma. This young man does not have simple problem skills so we would literally have to start at ground zero for him to pass this test. This is one example of countless others.
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I was dealing with a very similar story a few years back. Literally had the berate the parent for not being more involved and caring more that her son could barely do simple Math and he wasn't reading that well either. It took months before I could get her to really discipline him and get him to focus (while I wasn't around). The only time she would raise an issue with him at school was when he would lose eligibility to play basketball. I was so tempted to just give up ..but I persevered and monitored/tutored him from 8th grade to 12th grade. Around 10th grade he started to come around academically he ended up graduating with a 2.6 GPA in high school and will be completing his freshman year at NC A&T this Spring. The first semester he earned a 2.8 GPA and he thinks he will get above a 3.0 when this semester ends.