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Halcitron wrote:
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> arminius wrote:
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>>"Graphic Queen" <xxx.xxx@xxx.xxx.com> wrote in message
>>alt.politics.immigrationnews:0g0q911u7h4ht123k0jupqa2si7nri200s@4ax.com...
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>>>Hispanics struggle with state testing scores
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>INDEPENDENCE - Hispanic students at Central High School take the same
>>>classes their non-Hispanic classmates do. But there, the similarity
>>>seems to end.
>>>
>>>Of 200 Hispanic students, just 5 percent passed annual statewide tests
>>>last year, the raw statistics show.
>>>
>>>The situation is as bad - or worse - across Oregon. All but about 35
>>>of the 278 secondary schools failed to teach their Hispanic students
>>>up to federal standards in reading and math.
>>>
>>>"You can't deny the numbers,'' said State Schools Superintendent Susan
>>>Castillo. "It's awful. The gap at the high school level is very
>>>serious.''
>>>
>>>The disparity can't be ignored since Congress passed the 2001 No Child
>>>Left Behind law, which requires schools to publish their test scores
>>>by ethnicity.
>>>
>>>The questions of whether Hispanics are less capable, and if not why
>>>aren't they doing better, are becoming tougher to duck.
>>>
>>>At Central, the problems range from language gaps to a disconnect
>>>between the school and parents to a voluntary segregation among
>>>students.
>>>
>>>English literacy problems that begin in elementary school end with a
>>>jolt when Hispanic kids hit high school, said Ignacio Robles, a former
>>>assistant principal at Central.
>>>
>>>It used to be that elementary teachers followed their own systems when
>>>teaching students to read, said Jane Murch, who taught for decades at
>>>Henry Hill Elementary School.
>>>
>>>At Talmadge Middle School in Independence, Spanish-speaking students
>>>learn to communicate with their teachers, but that's not sufficient to
>>>prepare them for the rigors of high school, former Talmadge teacher
>>>Kira Daczewitz said.
>>>
>>>"We don't necessarily teach them to speak and write very formally
>>>sometimes,'' she said. "Their exposure to academic English is much
>>>smaller than their exposure to informal English.''
>>>
>>>Teachers say when the kids are old enough, many just leave.
>>>
>>>Central High translates the notes that are sent home to
>>>Spanish-speaking parents, but the papers don't always arrive home.
>>>
>>>Central tried to forge a closer relationship with parents by holding
>>>monthly parents' nights, complete with Spanish-language interpreters.
>>>But that was scrapped after four years when few people attended.
>>>
>>>"What we have found is not all Hispanic parents value education,''
>>>Principal Sylvia Warren said.
>>>
>>>"The kids are taken out of school to be used as translators. They're
>>>taken out of school to baby-sit younger brothers and sisters.
>>>Attendance of a lot of our Hispanic kids is bad.
>>>
>>>"Some of it's just cultural: the extended family where you take care
>>>of the young ones.
>>>
>>>"That's not a cultural fact in the Anglo community. You get a baby
>>>sitter,'' she said.
>>>
>>>"Going to Mexico to visit family is more important than being in
>>>school. We don't think of it that way; we think, 'OK, we'll go in the
>>>summer.' Well, they have to work in the summer. This is the only time
>>>when they don't lose income. Family is very important; therefore, it's
>>>more important than education."
>>>
>>>Some students The Statesman Journal newspaper interviewed at age 10
>>>and again at age 18 say some Central High teachers are out of patience
>>>with Hispanic students.
>>>
>>>"It's like they don't expect you to do as good,'' said Angie Coronado,
>>>a Central High senior who will graduate on Friday. "It's like they get
>>>frustrated with us. It's like they don't like being around us.''
>>>
>>>Part of the frustration comes from budget cuts, Central teacher Paul
>>>Wendring said. How does a teacher form a relationship with 30 students
>>>in a 50-minute class? he asked.
>>>
>>>Central will face state-sanctioned change that could mean even a state
>>>take-over in the fall if the spring student test scores don't improve.
>>>
>>>District administrators have prepared a plan. The high school, for
>>>example, will offer summer school for free this year. Next year,
>>>Spanish-speaking students will be able to earn credit by completing
>>>self-study packets written in Spanish.
>>>
>>
>>These Spanish-speaking mixed breeds, "mestizos", a blend of european,
>>indian, and sometimes negro, are a failed sub-species. Everything they touch
>>turns to crap. Cognitive skills are only slightly higher than that of the
>>negro, who remains in spite of all special treatment, one standard deviation
>>behind Whites, or about 15 points on the IQ scale.
>>
>>Hank
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> Hank,
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> That is soooo racist, I cannot believe it.
> 
> :/
> Halcitron
> misc.survivalism
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Agreed. I'd like to see the original source of the article. The dateline 
of "INDEPENDENCE" doesn't really indicate a source, just makes it look 
more official than it really is.

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