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Okay, I'll bite.
Name at least 3 problems of education. For each problem that you identified, please name a possible solution.
1. Disproportionate resources - some schools have better facilities/resources than others. The only solution I can think of is for cities and counties to pool funds and disperse them equally, rather than the rich cities taxes providing for their schools, while poorer cities provide for their schools (hence the smaller resources). This would never happen tho.
2. Young, uneducated parents. Babies having babies is resulting in babies with kids who don't know HOW to emphasize an education for their children, probably because it wasn't emphasized in their home. Vicious cycle. The long term solution is to discourage teenage pregnancy. The short term solution is to educate the parents - encourage them to participate in their child's education, to come to PTA and Parent nights and such. This is a tough one tho.
3. Boring, underqualified teachers. Folks who only go into teaching because they can't do anything else, and don't care about teaching the children, who are bored by the whack, underqualified teachers. The only solution is to pay teachers more money to make the field more enticing and actually pay teachers so that they can AFFORD to teach. But of course this ain't gonna happen either.
Is education fair to all of its students?
Of course not. Life isn't fair. You can't choose your parents, and I truly believe that a person's education has a lot to do with their parents' attitude. My parents always stressed education, and as a result, my siblings and I are all college educated. Growing up, knowledge, learning, and good grades were our top priorities - not Tommy Hilfiger, Coogi, and FUBU or whatever.
Is education color blind? Should it be? How?
UH, OF COURSE education isn't color blind. It SHOULDN'T BE color blind either. Why? Because LIFE isn't color blind. And when you have a color blind education and then get thrown into LIFE, then you are CAUGHT out there, thinking life is fair and color blind, when IT ISN'T.
Are you in favor of public single race schools with same race teachers? Why or why not? Advantages? Disadvantages?
Yes, I am in favor of public single race schools with same race teachers, because I think it's important for minority children to see and interact with educated minority adults. The advantages would be that our young black men would see black male teachers as role models, and maybe want to go into education. The disadvantages would be when the all white schools would pop up and say NO BLACKS ALLOWED and black folks start to lose their minds over it.
Are you in favor of public single gender schools being taught by that respective gender? Why or why not? What are the advantages? Disadvantages?
I'm also in favor of public single gender schools being taught by that respective gender, for similar reasons to above. Plus, an advantage would be taking the whole "boy/girl relationship" drama out of the educational setting. The disadvantage might be because nowadays, young girls and guys are out the closet sooner, so you might have a lesbian fest/gay fest on your hands (not that there's anything WRONG with that...).
For at risk students or students who are disadvantaged in terms of class and inferior school settings, what should be done to help these students?
Mentoring programs really help at risk students, in my opinion. It gives them someone to look up to and aspire to be like. A mentor can be that child's cheerleader.
As members or prospective members of BGLOs, our focus is service. How can we help our own more PROACTIVELY? What are you doing right now or have done in the past?
My chapter (Northern Virginia Alumnae Chapter of Delta Sigma Theta) has several mentoring programs with young girls. Of course we have the Dr. Betty Shabazz Delta Academy, which encourages young girls to go into technical fields. My chapter has a program called "Project 3D" that is for girls age 13-14 and the goal is to prevent teenage pregnancy. We are also mentors to the young project 3D girls. Personally, I have also participated in the Big Sisters of America program, and always volunteered as a tutor whenever possible.
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