tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10348701.post7118146921569020894..comments2024-03-13T21:26:03.011-07:00Comments on Right on the Left Coast: Views From a Conservative Teacher: It Isn't Racism, It's CultureDarrenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15730642770935985796noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10348701.post-32361022790892492612010-08-15T13:57:40.164-07:002010-08-15T13:57:40.164-07:00If your culture is holding you back, time for a ne...If your culture is holding you back, time for a new culture.jeffstersnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10348701.post-6512703326449982022010-08-14T18:22:25.804-07:002010-08-14T18:22:25.804-07:00This demonstrates that we can throw money at "...This demonstrates that we can throw money at "education" in the form of higher pay, technology or merit based assessments for teachers, but unless there is something in a child's life that makes it clear that an education is the way out of poverty, nothing will change. Right now we are looking at the fifth or sixth generation of children who were born to single mothers, often themselves a child of a single mother. The stats bear out. For every brilliant kid who makes it through college despite bearing a child, ten more never graduate and are content to wait for society to pay them just to exist. That kind of warehousing for the mentally ill and disabled was outlawed. So why would anyone think similarly incarcerating poor minorities in ghettos under the grace of giving them federal handouts was a good idea?Ellen Khttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02845981491726296767noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10348701.post-13328925092319133002010-08-12T15:10:56.538-07:002010-08-12T15:10:56.538-07:00The high school I teach at has a majority populati...The high school I teach at has a majority population considered "economically disadvantaged" and "at-risk" for dropping out of school. Ten years ago a program was started that guaranteed a fully paid for college education at a 4-year university, including room and board, and books and supplies, as long as these students maintain certain requirements during their 4 years in high school. <br /><br />To date, only 1 student has graduated from college from my high school with the help of this program.<br /><br />This article hit the nail on the head. Culture is the reason. Throwing a lot of money at the situation is NOT the solution.mrelliotthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00523394382663667514noreply@blogger.com