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Originally Posted by Bucco
Actually I believe that there are examples for inner city kids. The Cosby types, and there are many of them around our country.....they simply get drowned out by folks who find it easier to blame.
Those groups are supported by most teachers trying to encourage participation by family and rebuffed.
The link below is from a study which is 13 years old, but still applicable.
" The data revealed that teachers are frustrated with a lack of parental involvement in literacy activities at home and at school. Parents, however, expressed distrust toward the local elementary school because they felt the faculty has been biased against African American and Latino children and their families. Consequently, the parents said they deliberately decided not to participate in school activities"
Why Urban Parents Resist Involvement in their Children's Elementary Education
I have had some personal experience with this kind of things while back in PA.
The mayor and a few others felt the Spanish population was growing but there seemed to be very little participation in city programs. A few of us thought it might be smart to get the young people involved in some sports programs. We reached out to leaders of that community and they listened, but only wanted our help in setting up programs INSIDE the Spanish community and told us the had no interest in integrating their young folks into the community. No exaggeration at all.
Thus I disagree with no help......it is there but muted by the louder groups...we do agree on the inner city problem however but, in my opinion, it is being almost taught. In places in Tampa, how to work the system is taught. |
Now you're catching on to "African-American", Mexican-American", they don't want to be American, they want to be an African or Mexican who happen to live in America. It's like new neighbors who don't want to have anything to do with the neighborhood or the people who live there. They want the advantages without the responsibility. Slowly the neighborhood goes into decline... Slowly our country goes into decline...