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I am not kidding.
I do teach at an alternative school. Kids kicked out of regular schools for drugs, fighting, etc. Many are on house arrest. Actually we are in a semi-rural area with blacks and whites from different economic backgrounds. Some of the kids are pretty well off. They just are dumb as rocks. Some kids live a lifestyle we cannot begin to comprehend.
One kids father told him, (my hand on the Bible)”if you want something steal it”. Good role model. I honestly don't know how I would have turned out if that was what was raising me.
Many families like to smoke pot together.
There is a HUGE entitlement mentality here.
But given all the problems most of the kids are really not that bad or cannot be helped.
I have had some come back and tell me I was the reason they stayed in school.
That makes it worthwhile. It ain't the money. Non union in the deep south. I am blown away at what Yankee teachers make.
I hope this gives you a better picture of what we have, at least down here.
We do have some good,bright students.
I just look at the numbers.
I honestly feel my cohort and perhaps the next one (which would be the period from the late 50’s to the early 70’s) was the last, best educated class this country had in terms of overall numbers.
I went to public schools almost my entire life.
My granddaughters will never set foot in one.