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Why Kids Don't Do Well in School
Townhall.com ^ | January 19, 2010 | Phyllis Schlafly

Posted on 01/19/2010 6:02:34 AM PST by Kaslin

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1 posted on 01/19/2010 6:02:37 AM PST by Kaslin
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Because it’s all about protecting the little darlings self esteem.


2 posted on 01/19/2010 6:06:32 AM PST by Puppage (You may disagree with what I have to say, but I shall defend to your death my right to say it)
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Thirty years ago Christian schools and other private schools were using phonetics...

My children learnt phonetics in their Christian school...

But the public schools refused to use them then...


3 posted on 01/19/2010 6:12:47 AM PST by Tennessee Nana
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To: Kaslin

New book:

“Why Jamal Can’t Read”


4 posted on 01/19/2010 6:13:36 AM PST by earlJam
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To: Kaslin

A friend of mine handed me an email this past Sunday. It was about a university professor that wanted to teach his class about socialism.

After the exam, the professor said, that in the name of socialism, he was equalzing the grades to the average score for the entire class, rather than having each individual getting their own score. Thus those who got high grades would be lowered to the average and those who failed or got low scores would be raised to the class average.

The next exam he did the same thing and the class average fell drastically. It appeared that the previous high achievers were not motivated to do well and the under achievers lost what little motivation they previously had. Bottom line, on the second exam, everyone failed.

This is the problem with wealth re-distribution. I asked one of my clients, an MD, what she would do if the tax rates went over 50% on her top layer of income, explaining that they were much higher than this prior to Reagan’s tax cuts which stimulated the ecomonomy. She said she would retire or at least work much less. Thus, I explained is the problem with O’bummer’s health care proposals. Tax the high incomes (including MDs) and you will create an MD shortage, thus driving up the individual costs and decreasing availability. (She regrets voting for O’bummer!)


5 posted on 01/19/2010 6:15:39 AM PST by tired&retired
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Welfare reform was passed in 1996 and even signed by Bill Clinton, but President Obama had those reforms repealed in his stimulus bill last year.

I'd forgotten about that in the flurry of all he's done to dismantle this country.

6 posted on 01/19/2010 6:15:39 AM PST by fullchroma (Obama: GET OUT OF MY DOCTOR'S OFFICE!)
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Schools don’t fail. Students do. Quit trying to fix schools and address the real problem.


7 posted on 01/19/2010 6:17:13 AM PST by umgud (I couldn't understand why the ball kept getting bigger......... then it hit me.)
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No - it’s not about self-esteem.

It’s about the “myth of meritocracy”. It’s about indoctrinating the kids that despite all evidence to the contrary, every single person is a racist, sexist homophobe who can’t possibly make a non-biased decision.


8 posted on 01/19/2010 6:20:05 AM PST by Personal Responsibility ("In times of universal deceit, telling the truth becomes a revolutionary act" - Orwell)
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For the majority of them, the reason is the liberal welfare system

Hmm. So is it only blacks that are effected by the 'liberal welfare system'?

9 posted on 01/19/2010 6:20:24 AM PST by Altura Ct.
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To: fullchroma

0bama has done so much damage to this great country in less then a year, it will take years, if not decades to undo


10 posted on 01/19/2010 6:21:23 AM PST by Kaslin (Acronym for Obama: One Big Ass Mistake America)
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And things like that commission are why I’m going to do whatever I can to get my daughter into Welham Girls’ school in India. Indian schools don’t subscribe to this kind of junk social science. The kids there are pushed hard, and they end up successful. There’s no class in self-esteem or other ridiculous non-academic subjects. They’re too busy studying, at grade-school age, what American students nowadays don’t get to until freshman year in college, like trigonometry, calculus, advanced composition, organic chemistry, physics, etc etc.


11 posted on 01/19/2010 6:22:13 AM PST by Little Pig (Vi Veri Veniversum Vivus Vici.)
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Parents don’t encourage their kids enough and see over their school work, IMO.

My brother and I both went to public schools all our lives, but we had parents who encouraged us. When we did not do well at something, they took the initiative to tells us why and help us understand it. They knew when we were slacking and when we just didn’t understand something. Punishments were distributed accordingly. If we slacked, we lost privledges. If we just didn’t get it, they sat down with us until we did. My parents had just as much hand in my education as the school did.

Break down in families is why kids don’t excel, imo.


12 posted on 01/19/2010 6:24:19 AM PST by JenB987
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To: Altura Ct.

They’re not the only ones, but they are the largest group by far. A lot of the welfare mentality is reinforced by recent developments in the black culture i.e. the epithet “oreo”, accusing people of “acting white” etc etc. Whites on welfare have too many successful peers to get away with that crap, and hispanics still have too strong a work ethic. The asian cultures tend to support families making incredible sacrifices so that their kids can do better, such as living 10 or more in a small house, working 2 or 3 jobs (or more) and so on.


13 posted on 01/19/2010 6:25:20 AM PST by Little Pig (Vi Veri Veniversum Vivus Vici.)
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To: tired&retired

Many are waking up and are realizing that the Hope and Change turned into Hoax and Chains


14 posted on 01/19/2010 6:26:26 AM PST by Kaslin (Acronym for Obama: One Big Ass Mistake America)
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To: umgud

That’s not necessarily true. There are some lousy teachers and administrators out there.


15 posted on 01/19/2010 6:30:07 AM PST by goldi (')
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It's true: my son has a number of African friends who are American citizens. All of those kids have fathers in the home who kick their butts and make them study. They also keep the kids away from others who are bad influences. No American black kids or Hispanic kids are tolerated as friends because none of them are good students. Those boys are often dragged out of bed early on Saturday mornings to go to extra classes. White, African, Caribbean, and Asian friends are accepted if they are good students.
16 posted on 01/19/2010 6:31:18 AM PST by ottbmare (I could agree wth you, but then we'd both be wrong.)
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Personal Responsibility wrote: “No - it’s not about self-esteem.

It’s about the “myth of meritocracy”. It’s about indoctrinating the kids that despite all evidence to the contrary, every single person is a racist, sexist homophobe who can’t possibly make a non-biased decision.”

.....ABSOLUTELY. American education, like its politics and culture has been coopted and hijacked by the Left. Education means nothing to the the Left if it interferes in any way with their real goal, which is the indoctrination of our intellectually naive youth. Comprehensive and absolute eradication of these despicable Leftists from the American educational process should be an “overarching” priority in any campaign to redeem this nation. No compromise, no mercy, no crocodile tears acccepted - GONE!

NOTHING angers me more than the Left’s cynical manipulation of the young and the destruction of their future opportunities for happiness and success - all for the sake of advancing the Left’s twisted, irrational visions of some future socialist utopia.


17 posted on 01/19/2010 6:34:50 AM PST by Senator John Blutarski (The progress of government: republic, democracy, technocracy, bureaucracy, plutocracy, kleptocracy,)
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To: Altura Ct.

Since the article was about a specific all black class in Maryland, it would seem so (these blacks anyway). Since the article specifically mentioned that the black kids from Africa with Fathers in the home weren’t having the same problems and thus race was NOT a factor, it’s shocking you could miss that, being one of the central points of the article.


18 posted on 01/19/2010 6:36:45 AM PST by Republic of Texas (Socialism Always Fails)
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To: umgud
Thank you, but wouldn't you say students do because of their parents. If you want to get to the bottom line of fault, it all lies at the parents feet. We, even, grandparents should be in the street by the millions protesting the way the government schools are ruining our children's future.

Parents need to force the schools quality, discipline and teach their kindergartners how to read with phonics!!

19 posted on 01/19/2010 6:44:17 AM PST by thirst4truth (www.Believer.com)
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One of the best articles I have read in the past year. A Phyllis is a female Tom Sowell in many ways.


20 posted on 01/19/2010 6:47:41 AM PST by stephenjohnbanker (Support our troops, and vote out the RINO's!)
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