It was patently obvious where the students got their lovely habits, like using a phone in the middle of class, or playing loud music from said phone to disrupt the class, or watching movies/texting/secretly photographing people with said phone. They would often bring tiny speakers to augment the sound so that when they played their crap music during class, they could drown out the lesson and ruin the learning for everyone. And if you called home to discuss this with the "parents", you only had about a 25% chance of finding someone at home. Quite frequently, you'd hear "Doo-doo-DOOO! This number has been disconnected!" when you dialed the number the school had for the student.
It's not rocket science why students in urban high schools are so atrociously behind in math, reading, and just about any other academic measure. They get little to no intellectual stimulation at home. There are no bookshelves full of books to read. They don't even know (word!) where their nearest library is. They spend most of their time texting, listening to crap music with its violent lyrics, watching degenerate TV or playing violent games on the internet. I just read an article today stating that urban kids spend much more time watching TV and using phones than suburban kids. That correlates well with achievement levels AND parental involvement. You would hardly hear of a suburban mother violent assaulting a teacher and thereby setting such a sterling example of how any conflict should be handled to her kid.
“It’s not rocket science why students in urban high schools are so atrociously behind in math, reading, and just about any other academic measure.”
According to negros the cause is racism.
This is heartbreaking.
These babies don’t have a chance with “parents” like that.