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Originally Posted by rphud
The more teachers you talk to, the more you know Kevin hit the nail directly on the head. The problem we now face is there are too few parents that will get it done for their children. This looming crisis is not class warfare, it is not economic warfare, it will be education warfare. Both class and economics will be the direct result of level of education. It is not jobs, it is not the economy, it is education of the masses of children who's parents will not educate them that will determine where the US goes in the very near future. This will be the measure of success of both the president and the senate and the congress. None of whom seem to get it, let alone talk about it. Planning on individual success by pulling oneself up by their bootstraps is not going to cut it much longer folks. Time to send this message to all parties and both sides to get their act together on this before it is too late. My guess is too late is not all that far away.
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You are correct on the education warfare. Spot. On. These kids in tough neighborhoods hardly have a chance. Those that can work their way out through sheer determination are far too small of a percentage to matter in the long run.
The rest have miserable job prospects and return, on average, to continue the cycle. Wash. Rinse. Repeat. Except that each cycle seems to extend the cycle more.
Unfortunately, both parties cannot get their act together on this and cannot shout from the rooftops for people to get their sheeit together. They will be labeled as out of touch, racist, or cruel.
Wonder if there is a study that tracks kids read to by parents from infant on up. Bet the parent read kids do far better on the whole than the ones that don't. A simple story every night - who knew?
There are a lot of good kids out there, but some of them don't have a chance.