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arminius wrote:
> "Graphic Queen" <xxx.xxx@xxx.xxx.com> wrote in message
> alt.politics.immigrationnews:0g0q911u7h4ht123k0jupqa2si7nri200s@4ax.com...
> > 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

Hank,


That is soooo racist, I cannot believe it.

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