If The Problem Were Simply Sub-Standard American Schools, Asian and Indian Kids Would Be Doing Poorly As Well

What the ? What the??? You can take any child with the right conditions and turn him/her into a rocket scientist. No racial intent here; however, it seems that culture plays a big role here, ie…family beliefs and religion, attitudes toward education and learning, and behavioralism. Even if the parents can’t understand the educational materials, it would seem feasible that as long as the family did enforce the childrens behaviours to study and take part in other educational activities besides watching TV, then the children may actually excel as they would be empowered with their own brains. Unfortunately – Culture and poor learning behaviours are in fact to blame. The studies show that these children are given all the necessary tools to learn and that they can speak english fine. It’s what they do with it when they get home- Live it, learn it, love it…. If no one is enforcing it at home, it’s just a waisted “Brain” :(

What do you mean Asian AND Indian? India, last time I checked, is in fact part of the Asian continent.

The real reason why education is in the toilet: FEMINISM: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1_2LpLhOsc4

Is there a reason, between your various politically motivated accusations, that you seem to forget to defend your claim about the cause?

Assertions aren’t facts.

My wife teaches ESE at a south-side school. They are a pre-IB magnet school, which is the only reason they are not a Title One school. Most of her problem students come from problem households. Some of these kids, no matter how much problem they cause, no matter how mean they are to someone, no matter how sassy they get towards administrations, their parents are always pissed. Pissed at the school that their poor child got in trouble again. They don’t know why the world is out against their child. They don’t understand why no matter how many times they change schools their child gets in trouble everywhere they go. Obviously, to the, it is racial, it is unfair, and it is not their fault.

There’s only a few problem kids that actually have parents trying to do something about it. Most are too lazy, to unprepared for parenthood, or often, just too busy (father’s in jail, mother working two or three jobs) to properly raise their child.

Unfortunately this situation is heavily black and poor.

Schools are more unprepared to handle these children than ever. The solution usually ends up being to try to find out who else’s problem they can make it. We have successful programs, backed by scientific research, to effectively handle these kids. However, nobody wants to fund taking care of what society sees as inevitable losers. The staff at school that is charged with caring for these children do not receive respect in their discipline. The money they are given usually finds its way spent in other areas despite the potential criminal charges that can be brought for such acts (misappropriating federal funds is a big no-no).

So we have kids that are brought into a problematic family, put into a school system that knows how to deal with them but is unwilling to, and a society all to ready to jail them when they do not know how to make it as an adult, but end up repopulating at a rate higher than their peers.

This is why social programs are not always “tax money being stolen from the wealthy to be given to the lazy.” When that person grows up to rob the store you are shopping in, or breaks into your house, or just ends up incarcerated on your dime, then it is your problem. It is everyone’s problem, and it is our collective responsibility to use sound scientific research to tackle it effectively.