It seems to me these Ferguson riots are a turning point in peoples' awareness about the liberal lie machine and the BGI (Black Grievance Industry). On Yahoo, I'm heartened to see that the comments are overwhelmingly in favor of the police and against the rioters.
Pure bullshit. The only reason these sorry-ass pussies failed in school is because they didn't apply themselves. Because they are lazy and have no work ethic. Under funded my ass. What do they need to learn to read besides a teacher, a book, a desk and roof over their head? I'm not a bigot at all. I keep referencing immigrant success stories who have ZERO education because it proves your stupid ass wrong, again and again. You think some "inner city" school (boo hoo) would fuck up some Mexican for life. It's as if you think American schooling teaches kids to fail and become hooked on welfare. What a crock of shit.
You're a typical privileged, middle-class white boy with an exaggerated sense of entitlement who has no idea what it means to be poor. Your opinions on all this therefore mean zip. And yes, you are a bigot.
I was poor and sick for a good part of my adult life, and I'll tell you its much worse to be sick then poor. I've also worked my share of shit jobs, including pizza delivery. And I'll tell you right now, the average delivery guy can support themselves and a family working 50 hour weeks. Any minimum wage job, is survivable at 40 hours a week. Give me a fucking break. As far as you? What are you? Are you black? Did you go to school at one of these destitute inner city schools, you keep bitching about? If you didn't, shut the fuck up. And if you did and made something of yourself, then you just proved your entire argument wrong. Dumbass.
Db is an authority on black culture and what it's like to live in the 'hood. He can just barely see a slum area from the roof deck of his condo with 24 hour security. I don't know where these "underfunded inner city schools" are. The ones in DC are funded lavishly, as in most big cities. Democrat pols take their orders from teachers' unions, in case you hadn't noticed.That's what sparked the whole charter school movement. People said, wait a minute. For the amount you're throwing at these schools and producing poor results with, we can run a decent private school.
I don't know of any underfunded schools, either. They just look like the ultimate in union featherbedding to me. What does it take for a kid to learn to read? A teacher and a book. But they tell us they need more money. What a laugh. You could cut these school's funding by 90% and they should still have enough money for a teacher and a book. Enough to learn how to read.
Considering how privileged you all are, it's no wonder your views of reality are so skewed. I suppose it would come as a surprise to the P&R cognoscenti to learn that are high school graduates of all colors who don't know the alphabet.
As someone who has spent 13 years volunteering with high poverty kids I have to agree with your above comments. I might change "Most" to "Many". But in many ways it's not the kids fault ... it's that many have crappy parents and only about 25% have 2 parents. The rest have Mom, a Grandma or some other guardian. But they see how the parent lives and figure that's the norm. You try to light a fire under a lot of these kids and many just don't get it that education is their ticket out of poverty. And that's because many go home at the end of the school day to a crappy house/apartment with little discipline and oftentimes no help with homework or self improvement from the parent.
He NEVER has facts! But he'll argue and insist on getting in the last word. And he's clueless about education and high poverty schools and the kids home life. I'm out there in the midst of it .... he's not.