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I wonder why we even bother trying, we should segragate, build a wall and forget them.
2007-06-02 02:02:48 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics & Government ➔ Law Enforcement & Police
Give me a break, for the billions we have flushed down the toilet of inner city schools, they should all be Rhodes scholars by now. Throwing money at a problem, never, ever solves it.
2007-06-02 02:37:46 · update #1
I have taught in inner city schools in the past. Most years were tough and involved a lot of my time and energy to stay on top of things... and, away from the eyes of students, there were tears for them and for my own frustrations.
But what I remember most about those years are the students whose lives I managed to touch. When you teach, it's not for the money (well, for some it is) or for the "easiness" of the job... granted, there's nothing quite like having a bunch of obedient kids... but what fully satisfied me as a teacher, was reaching the kids who gave me the hardest time and seeing them change... whether it was a case of them simply realizing that they were NOT stupid, after all, and that they could, indeed, learn to read... or whether it was a time when they realized that when they made good behavioral choices, their circumstances changed for the better....
I have always loved teaching and have taught spoiled, rich kids, middle class kids, and low-income, inner city kids. My faves (and my strengths) were with the lower income, inner city kids. And, incidentally, the inner city schools are not just one race. There are white kids, brown kids, Korean kids, black kids, all kinds of kids living in the inner city.
The most trouble I ever had... and the thing that has driven me from teaching for now, was bad and unsupportive administrations.
2007-06-02 05:25:57 · answer #1 · answered by scruffycat 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Is this a serious question? Obviously the person who asked it is NOT a teacher or mentor of anything and has not been significantly affected by anyone elses guidance. Sorry you had such a sucky experience. Thank god there are people who care about others and are willing to be in the trenches with these "horrible people who obviously just need to be quarantined". Socioeconomic status and family history have a lot to do with why inner city kids perform the way they do. As a teacher who teaches in the "inner city" with the rubbish you and others would like to throw away, SOMEBODY has to tell these human beings that they matter and can be a productive member of society...If not you, who...If not now, when...If not here, where? If I misunderstood what you were saying please let me know!
2007-06-02 03:43:22 · answer #2 · answered by BB'sMom 2 · 2⤊ 1⤋
The salaries are meager, school attendance is low, and the divide between teachers and students grows wider. Many children within the inner city in the U.S. are manipulated to believe the prospects of crime are more lucrative than education. At the same time a child has know control over the situation he or she is born into. The problems with the schools in the inner city are supplemented by a tax code that funds schools through real estate and lotteries. It is no coincidence that the most expensive zip codes in the U.S. also have the best school systems. If we truly want to improve the situation in the impoverished parts of the U.S. we need to start amending the tax code and get the proper funding to education across the board.
2007-06-02 02:21:03 · answer #3 · answered by joey8798 1 · 1⤊ 2⤋
Just another normal day,but to answer the question I really don't know why any teacher in this day and age would even bother teaching at some schools. 50% or more of the kids in many inner city schools will drop out anyway,it is an exercise in futility of the highest order.
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2007-06-02 02:11:20 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
Simple... Find an additional institution! It would not occur in New York State public colleges due to the fact that that we have got standardized, statewide assessments (Regents Exams.) Financial help from the state is based on each and every institution's Regents Testing outcome. If it was once being taught OUTSIDE of technological know-how, I don't have a difficulty with it... The colleges have got to recollect what constitutes technological know-how and what falls in need of the specifications of technological know-how.
2016-09-05 19:41:45 · answer #5 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The above answer about funding is BS.
I grew up north of Detroit and I remember the Detroit Free Press publishing the funding per student in the ten largest school systems in the state. Detroit had amost double the funding my school system did, yet somehow we all made it through. Gov. Engler made school funding equal statewide and yet still kids in Detroit can't read.
All the money in the world won't teach discipline and make parents get involved.
2007-06-02 03:15:09 · answer #6 · answered by Pooky Bear the Sensitive 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
By giving students rights we are assuming that children has the ability to reason and be good citizens. that is not the case and corporal punishment should be brought back into the schools.
2007-06-02 02:10:24 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 0⤋
No I'm not surprised. Bad upbringing along with all the garbage the media pumps into them.
2007-06-02 03:30:18 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
We need more teachers like Clark, who got the students to study.
More important we need better parents to teach morals.
2007-06-02 03:12:18 · answer #9 · answered by PATRICIA MS 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋