At Brown’s impoverished high school, students try to make gains against odds

Washington Post ^ | August 25, 2014 | Emily Wax-Thibodeaux

[GeronL]

nope that was Kansas City, Mo. not St Louis

[bert]

The students are the problem, not the schools. The students are uneducable by choice.

[fishtank]

Emily Wax-Thibodeaux Staff writer — Washington, D.C.

[defconw]

I don’t know anything about Missouri. Never been there. But I did go look at their web site that someone posted.

[noinfringers2]

The Flag of the USA today does not have or is not in the spirit of the USA flag for which I felt duty to in WWII or for which my brother was killed for on Okinawa. The ‘spirit’ has been corrupted by the likes of Obama and his enablers including some high military officials and politicians. I don’t see the ‘Spirit of ‘76’ being in or revived by all the different/various cultures influencing the USA today.

[GeronL]

Per-Pupil Spending: $9,457

That is not an impoverished school by any measurement (unless you think DC public schools are the standard)

[GeronL]

Per-Pupil Spending: $9,457

[DoughtyOne]

I don’t either, but high ideals are something to aspire to.

If we do not honor the flag, we in effect give up.

The flag is still our rallying banner. I love this nation’s Constitution and what it stands for, equality for all, high ideals for one and all.

I don’t respect Obama, the nation’s media, and most politicians. I do respect the ideal.

Our founding documents are second to none. We had some amazing men at our founding. They served us well.

It’s time for us to stand up and serve them well.

I respect our flag. No boatload of Obamas will ever cause me not to revere our nation, and what it should be standing for.

I will loathe them individually.

[Scoutmaster]

The first teacher who spoke about him said that he was missing a few finals and a couple of classes needed for graduation, not that he was a year and a half behind.

Then, Brown attended summer school and graduated on August 1.

That has always been one of the peculiarities about this case for me. For all we've heard and seen about Brown, he went to summer school to get his diploma. Grandma and mom may have pushed him, but he did it.

Going to summer school to graduate high school isn't inconsistent with theft by force or bum rushing, but it gives me an idea about how complex some of this stuff is. Half of his class did not graduate.

[GeronL]

Oops

that was a Ferguson middle school

[Slyfox]

Ask this guy. He seems to think public education has been a smashing success:

[madprof98]

Naturally, the kids with a brain in their heads (and their pants belted up) can’t get a voucher to attend a religious school where they might actually learn something.

[GeronL]

I cannot find Normandy high School on the list

http://www.localschooldirectory.com/district-schools/096089/Ferguson—Florissant-R—Ii-School-District/MO

[GeronL]

Found it!!!

Per-Pupil Spending: $10,846

http://www.localschooldirectory.com/public-school/49489/MO

[Second Amendment First]

From the NY Times:

In the ninth grade at McCluer High School in Florissant, Mr. Brown was accused of stealing an iPod. His mother said she went to the school, eventually showing a receipt to prove the iPod was his. He left McCluer and went to two other high schools before going to Normandy for most of his final two years.

When his mother moved out of the Normandy District, he moved in with his paternal grandmother so he could remain at that school. But he continued to alternate between his parents and maternal grandmother.

http://www.nytimes.com/2014/08/25/us/michael-brown-spent-last-weeks-grappling-with-lifes-mysteries.html?_r=0

[Covenantor]

The system failed. NEA agitators being only half educated themselves neglected to fully inform master Brown on the scope of his intended field of studies. Heating and air conditioning. The HVAC curriculum also includes ventilation. Had he been properly prepared he would not have engaged in field experiments involving principles of kinetic ventilation.

[A_Former_Democrat]

The Number One Reason why they cry “racism” at every turn

People of any race simply don’t want to be around inferior behavior

[A_Former_Democrat]

King Rodney

OJ Simpson

The whore implicating Duke Lacrosse

Thugvon Martin

Mikey Brown

There’s your heroes

[Renkluaf]

In the 20s through the 50s there was a vibrant black middle class in major American cities despite the racism that existed. Two parent households were the norm and out-of-wedlock births were a fifth of what they are today. LBJ's Great Society destroyed all that in the name of the War on Poverty.

What is truly sad about this article is that blacks reflexively vote for the people who destroyed their lives (i.e. Democrats) and in Ferguson, MO vote for those (i.e. Democrats) who prevent their children from attending a decent school.

Keep doing the same thing over and over again, and see if the outcome changes!

[RitaOK]

I agree with you.

I believe, in the 30’s and 40’s, that blacks as well as white Americans supported the Christian traditions of our founders. Now, predominately the secular world view presides over all institutions, but it started in academia and then the churches fell, one by one.

As a result, virtue eventually signed a non-compete with hedonism, and Marx.