Once, I took a job as a substitute teacher in a suburban, predominately white high school. The students could be classified as “white privilege” students. Add in the mandatory diversity population and you have your “typical” school.
The day before I started there, there had been a fight between two girls (one white, one black) that quickly got out of control. In all, 13 girls were arrested. In addition, each of the girls’ mother was arrested.
Here’s the worst part: the teachers were BRAGGING about needing 13 police cars to arrest the people involved. No shame at all.
While I believe in having two parents, I think a child can be properly educated in even a single parent environment. Dr. Carson is a prime example. And there are those with two parents who end up as dropouts.
The most important factor is an environment which encourages education. Children will be educated if their parent or guardian takes an active interest in their education. You don’t need a government program to start reading with your child at an early age.
My parents weren’t wealthy, but from the time my brother and I were small, our parents read to us. When we were old enough to read on our own, there were always books to read either from the school or the library. I remember the set of encyclopedias my Dad spent about a month’s wages on. We didn’t just use those encyclopedias for schoolwork. We actually would take a volume, sit down and just read it. Our parents also helped us with our homework or looked over what we had done. And they had firm rules — no goofing off until the homework was done.
If you don’t care about your child’s education, how do you expect him or her to care?
Peers from minority (and even lower income white) households will shame and taunt their better performing friends as ‘TRYING to act white/preppie’ if they actually do well in school.
Anybody who tries to hold you back in life is not your friend.
She wants to voucher the schools, and give parents full school choice?