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School choice, a thread:
One of the major dividers in this country is what happens around schools. Not college, but K-12.
It is a form of economic and cultural segregation and often translates into race segregation by default. If we want to change our country must start here.
One of the major dividers in this country is what happens around schools. Not college, but K-12.
It is a form of economic and cultural segregation and often translates into race segregation by default. If we want to change our country must start here.
Economics has an enormous on culture. How I understand money, how I problem solve, how I look for jobs is all based in what. My subculture taught me and the connections I made. It taught me how to appropriately stand up for myself. Wealthier subcultures are more familiar with the
Tools that one can use to build security. They teach you long term strategies. Poorer subcultures, by necessity teach you how to survive today.
Here’s the thing. Our school system has intensified and codified this divide. Because poor parents can not choose which school they
Here’s the thing. Our school system has intensified and codified this divide. Because poor parents can not choose which school they
Believe will offer their children opportunity, it has become a defacto underclass oppression tool. No, you may not use the money to find better tools or to familiarize your kids with learning better cultural tools. You must STAY because we say so. Then to make themselves feel
better they throw money at a school in a failing subculture. Poor is not just a money issue. It is a competence issue that is largely exacerbated by learned behaviors within the first 12 years of school.
If we want our country to be more u tied and more diverse, to us to have a better understanding of each other and to truly be focused on opportunity, the very first thing that needs to happen is that we need to open up choice to every student and family. Encourage opportunity
And success. Will some schools fail? Yes. But at least the students there will have the opportunity to go somewhere and not remain trapped. I am angry at what the leftist teachers unions have done in this regard. They are not fighting for students or even most students. They are
fighting for a revenue stream to fund power. Fix this America. I don’t care who does it, left, right, middle. But do it now America before another generation is lost in this ugly, backwards hostage situation.
And this is especially owed
And this is especially owed
To the black community who have been pushed around in every integration or fancy teaching experiment.
The black community can choose their education for themselves. Always have been able to.
I am friggin angry. (Ms. Warren is a know-what’s-best-for-everyone control freak
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The black community can choose their education for themselves. Always have been able to.
I am friggin angry. (Ms. Warren is a know-what’s-best-for-everyone control freak
Ps. Sorry for the typos. But angry fingers are even worse than lazy fingers.
