Unlike the graduates of this Trades School.
Posted on 08/22/2011 2:58:07 PM PDT by Altura Ct.
On the first day of school, third-graders in Angela Robinson's class sat cross-legged on the floor and recited the African creed taped to the chalkboard.
They would accept their duties and responsibilities, respect themselves and others, they stated.
"I will study hard," they continued. "I will learn because I will study hard. I love myself. And loving myself, I will be myself, and know myself."
Pamoja Preparatory Academy @ Cole opened Monday as an African-centered school - a place where reading, math, and science are taught alongside African values, customs and culture. Among those values are self-control, respect toward elders and giving back to community.
The school is the first with an African focus in the St. Louis public school system, a district where about 80 percent of the students are black. It's also one of more than a dozen public schools in the city - traditional and charter - that are focused on a particular philosophy or emphasis.
Advocates of specialized schools in urban areas argue that they are an effective way of keeping school-age children in the central city. Magnet schools and often charter schools offer a specialized focus - such as performing arts, foreign language or classical education - to engage children who otherwise may lose interest at more traditional schools.
But others contend that the African-centered approach is too narrowly focused on one racial group.
(Excerpt) Read more at stltoday.com ...
Unlike the graduates of this Trades School.
"Ring the bell, school's back in. Break it down Stop, Hammer time!"
Unfortunately they will not be taught that when the Europeans started bringing to the Americas, the people SELLING the slaves to the Europeans were black Muslims for the most part.
They will also not be taught that for the majority of history, and even today, the Africans' favorite pastime was and is killing and enslaving other Africans.
I suspect they won’t even talk about Rwanda, with the Hutus and the Tutsis.
Can’t touch this!
Oh, I don’t know. We could use a few Vikings.
OTOH, we could also use a lot less “Minnesota nice”.
Wasnt Idi Amin the cannibal who ate the livers of men in order to make himself stronger ???
Lovely role model...
Black Liberation Theology at work.
“Wasnt Idi Amin the cannibal who ate the livers of men in order to make himself stronger ???”
Ah, now I know where Michelle gets her build and where feminists get their almost endless energy. The livers of men.
This is an outrage.
It is also a gross abuse of taxpayer money.
St. Louis taxpayers should demand an immediate end to this racist idiocy.
How will this equip these kids to have well adjusted, productive lives?
St. Louis Parents, black or white, with children in this school who want their kids to receive a useful education should demand immediate transfers to schools with a normal academic curricula.
Is this from the Onion?
That animal does not need a gun...his smell would kill you.
If they do, they will blame it on the UN for not stopping them.
Actually, the UN does deserve a lot of blame.
Really? Why? Isn’t Uganda’s government responsible for protecting its citizens?
There is no such thing as “african values or culture”. Only a stupid american would ever think so. Africa is a large continent with many different cultures, values, languages, etc.
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