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What a dreary article. What's more dreary is this lead by example writer:
Compared to the 1970s, fewer adults earn high school diplomas Also in 1970, 70.4 percent of adults in the region had at least a high school diploma, more than 8 percentage points better than the national average. By 2012, 42.3 percent of adults had attained that same level of education, trailing the national average of 41.7 percent. 42.3% being higher than 41.7%, it is leading not trailing. None the less, 70.4% to 42.3, what went wrong. That's a drop of 39.9% in the percentage of the populace coming away from the education system with at least a high school equivalency.
Why is this? The reason is that there is a certain demographic that is here illegally from other nations, whose parents didn't achieve more than an 8th grade education, if that. Some of them have no formal education or a forth grade level education or less.
The children of these people see no reason to achieve more. Their community leaders are more interested in using them as political pawns. The teachers and school administrators flatter themselves, that they are the masters of the universe, yet they'll listen to nobody with common sense.
The union bosses control this situation. As long as teachers aren't getting fired, and millions more children are being tossed into the education mix so there is desperate need for more teachers and schools, they're perfection happy.
The education and future of our nation is not important. The numbers of union members, and the incomes of those who game this situation is.
There's a reason why it is bad for less than 50% of the Los Angeles adults to be able to function in business in English.
Who knew? What's more, who cares?
A few people here and that's about it.
1. I know of three, perhaps five but three for sure, half billion dollar high schools in downtown Los Angles whose students are mostly the children of illegal immigrants. These are amazing edifices, shrines to the gods of diversity, free rides, and abusing the generosity of citizens.
When I arrived on one of these campuses with my family, some students of the home team were overheard conversing.
One said the race ratio on our team was too "white". The representation that day was about 5% white on the team.
There were duties the home team was supposed to take care of. They did none of it. At the end of the game they were to shake the hands of the visiting team, and help clean up. They did neither. Nothing was said to them.
2. On another campus we noted a coach that had some self-control issues. I believe in stern coaches, so don't think of this as an objection to a guy that coaches with an iron fist. This guy used some pretty vulgar expletive to trash his team members. The sad part was, you could seen clear gaps in his teaching ability.
Further, this guy had young high school girls helping him with stat collection. I have no problem with that, but when they're hanging on his arm and looking into his face from inches away clearly mesmerized, it begins to beg serious questions.
I also observed this coach manipulate an ineligible player into games that counted.
I also observed him coach his players to take people out rather than simply play to win.
This guy wouldn't last ten minutes on a school faculty with decent oversight and a staff that gave a damn.
I do not believe these schools are turning out people who will contribute towards a colorless productive society.
Laughingly, that's exactly what is demanded for them.