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In article <1184786861.900793.235660@i38g2000prf.googlegroups.com>,  
Pubkeybreaker at pubkeybreaker@aol.com says...
> 
> Desmond and Molly Jones wrote:
> 
> >The result is, Edwards continued, if you live in a wealthy suburban
> > area, the odds are very high that your child will get a very good
> > public school education. If you live in the inner city or if you live
> > in a poor rural area, the odds of that go down dramatically.
> 
> The question that should be asked is:  What is causing this problem?
> 
> If the problem is that not enough money is being spent on inner city
> schools, then this is a problem that is correctable.
> 
> I believe, however, that this is not the root cause of the problem.
> The "wealthy" suburbs are wealthy because the people living in them
> are highly skilled, well educated and have high paying jobs because
> they are well educated.  These people MOTIVATE their children that
> education is important and push them to succeed.
> 
> The people living in the inner city, on the other hand, are poor
> PRECISELY
> BECAUSE they lack education. They lack education because they did not
> care about learning when they had the opportunity. They do not VALUE
> education.
> And they pass on this attitude to their children.   It is a self-
> perpetuating problem
> within inner city families.  Most of whom are single parent families
> anyway because
> good 'ol dad  had no sense of responsibility.  The 5 F's  apply.
> 
> No amount of money spent on schools will educate children who just
> don't give a
> sh*t.   This is a cultural problem.  Bill Cosby's remarks are dead
> center.

You contradict yourself. First you say that inner city kids "are poor
PRECISELY BECAUSE they lack education." Then you say "No amount of 
money spent on schools will educate children who just don't give a
sh*t."

Education and teachers are there so that kids *DO* give a shit. Money 
buys buildings, blackboards, computers, curriculum, libraries, ball 
fields, paint, tools and materials.

Put two and two together and you can see *why* kids in poor schools 
don't give a shit. They are treated like shit.





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