Mississippi Election Row Sees Race Roles Reversed

[KSig RC]

Originally Posted by Kevin

Aside from a decent public education (which theoretically should be ensured if NCLB standards are enforced in MS), I'm not sure what you could possibly mean? I'm not familiar with the educational system in rural Mississippi, but I'm sure NCLB standards will help those systems to reform.

Any other reform decisions ought to remain local. If these folks choose to continue to live in poverty and poor conditions, that's on them. Perhaps that's a familiar existence which they enjoy? If they want more, there are plenty of unskilled labor jobs available, you know, those jobs Americans won't do?

Kevin, I really don't understand the point of this post in relation to your previous post. I don't think anyone insinuated 'forcing' aid on anyone, and I'm not sure we can make any assumption you've made here in discussing this topic.

Are you truly positing that all you need to survive anywhere in America is a high school education that meets the government's standards as set forth in NCLB?

[Kevin]

Originally Posted by KSig RC

Are you truly positing that all you need to survive anywhere in America is a high school education that meets the government's standards as set forth in NCLB?

Survive, perhaps, maybe not thrive. There are other social services which may be needed as well. I'm not interested in social services which allow people to thrive, however. Education should be about presenting people with an opportunity to thrive, nothing more. NCLB seems to do that about as well as anything could.

I'm all for career rehabilitative services, etc. as well. I am not sure, however, what Monet meant by getting these people the aid they "deserve." Presumably, they already receive quite a bit of federal and state aid. Like the rest of the country, I'm sure they have access to programs such as job corps. If they have equal access to a decent education which affords them the opportunity for additional training/college, then I think the American people have done their part.

[RU OX Alum]

VA owes MS nothing