re: The real fundamental underlying issue in our country is Education

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This shitty public schools is an inner city thing.

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And it will likely always be so.

The "good teacher with the heart of gold that wins over the hearts and minds of inner city youth" that's been a Hollywood staple for decades? It's a myth.

Teachers that are worth a damn won't go near inner city schools because they know they won't get the support they need from home. Thus, the inner city schools get stuck with the dregs of the educational system...glorified babysitters, as it were. And often damn poor babysitters, at that.

It's a vicious cycle which, alas, I don't see ending.