Please register to participate in our discussions with 2 million other members - it's free and quick! Some forums can only be seen by registered members. After you create your account, you'll be able to customize options and access all our 15,000 new posts/day with fewer ads.
Did anyone watch/listen to the video, the woman is a complete idiot and blames everyone but herself. What she doesn't realize is it all starts at home.
Dr. Ben Carson, who did brain surgeries on children, grew up in gov't housing, WITHOUT a father around, said the only reason he, and his brother, became successful was because his MOTHER made sure he worked hard in school to get an education!
It's Baltimore Public Schools. It's a system fraught with corruption; in 2019, it was revealed that students who missed 100 or more days of school per school year were still able to graduate. Whistleblowers were intimidated or warned to stay silent. The school system authorities just care about having the right-looking statistics and push kids through from one grade to the next despite the fact these teenagers are almost literally illiterate.
There are cases elsewhere where the failures of students, parents, and schools to produce successful students are not this drastic. But when kids don't learn much during 4 years of high school, how can they expected to compete at the university level with fellow high school graduates who DID study, who DID learn, who DID get good grades? And how could affirmative action possibly solve this issue?
In MD state testing not a SINGLE student from "inner city" schools passed the math proficiency test, AGAIN!
Did anyone watch/listen to the video, the woman is a complete idiot and blames everyone but herself. What she doesn't realize is it all starts at home.
That's the Democratic platform in a nutshell: blame everyone but yourself
You don't get decades of social regression by holding yourself accountable, you do it by blaming someone else.
Let me guess, she mentioned something about the "legacy of slavery" that inhibits her from being a good parent. I wonder what prosperous African immigrants think about this culture of self-victimization.
Dr. Ben Carson, who did brain surgeries on children, grew up in gov't housing, WITHOUT a father around, said the only reason he, and his brother, became successful was because his MOTHER made sure he worked hard in school to get an education!
Dr Carson is at the top of the "Talented Tenth" group, and is certainly an exception. This kid's mom could have nagged him and dragged him to school every day but the outcome would be about the same.
If you read the article, it is actually a fair point they're making to assume that if you go from Algebra I to Algebra II, that well, you probably aren't failing. This seems more a case of a school system that messed up, as opposed to solely individual responsibility issues.
Now you know why teachers are banning parents from monitoring their classes over Zoom during Covid.
Dr. Ben Carson, who did brain surgeries on children, grew up in gov't housing, WITHOUT a father around, said the only reason he, and his brother, became successful was because his MOTHER made sure he worked hard in school to get an education!
IIRC, she would badger him to do his homework, and then pretend to check it to keep him in line, even though she was pretty much illiterate.
It's a shame that every such person doesn't have parents who muster that level of intent when faced with very limited resources.
Please register to post and access all features of our very popular forum. It is free and quick. Over $68,000 in prizes has already been given out to active posters on our forum. Additional giveaways are planned.
Detailed information about all U.S. cities, counties, and zip codes on our site: City-data.com.
Please register to participate in our discussions with 2 million other members - it's free and quick! Some forums can only be seen by registered members. After you create your account, you'll be able to customize options and access all our 15,000 new posts/day with fewer ads.
