re: NY Times Op-Ed: Good parents are hurting schools

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Kids in the inner city. How can you have equal opportunity when your school system doesn't offer 1/10 that of the big wealthy schools?

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I bet you're one of those people that think the inner city occupants are too stupid to find polling stations too, aren't you?

You ever heard of Abbeville, LA. That's where I'm from. In 2016 the poverty rate was 29% (nearly 2 1/2 times the national rate) with a median household income less than $30,000. The population of Abbeville, LA is 44.9% Black, 43.8% White, and 6.02% Asian. 17.5% of the people in Abbeville, LA speak a non-English language, and 97% are U.S. citizens. Source

In my high school graduating class of just over 100 students (there's only one public high school in Abbeville), we have pharmacists, physical therapists, accountants, teachers, nurses, and engineers. Most of us grew up in some level of the lower income demographic, and never once were any of us lead to believe that because we didn't have money we didn't have opportunity. We were taught to work hard to break the cycles the previously lazy arse generations had created. Telling people they don't have the opportunity to succeed only serves one purpose. To convince them that you can be their savior by providing that opportunity thus indebting them to you come next election.

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That’s on the community of families who are in that district. You can’t just take from the nicer ones. Fix your own shite.

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That's the biggest thing people who argue this shite do not understand when it comes to the problems with our schools. It's the parenting, much, much more than the teachers.

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It's the parenting,

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No doubt.

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Gentrification actually benefits the original residents more than harms them. In fact, there was a very informative piece on this on the economist the other day backed up with hard facts with each assertion.

When people tell me gentrification is a bad thing, I immediately know they’re stupid. And I very rarely use that word to describe people.

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well they say it is bad because they are renting from the slum lord and dont own there.

Absolutely true, especially when it comes to federal funds. That money is literally poured into low performing schools.

Every academic study on busing students says that was a failure.

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Every academic study on busing students says that was a failure.

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It's indisputable, but blame the courts and judges. Their enforcement of desegregation lawsuits is the dagger. Sadly, those who often bring these lawsuits have no personal stake in the outcome.

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Every academic study on busing students says that was a failure.

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Well yes, but success of the students was never a real consideration.

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why don't liberals ever try to elevate their constituents' attitudes and abilities instead of trying to lower the bar and standards for everyone?

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Best political song ever

There is unrest in the forest
There is trouble with the trees
For the maples want more sunlight
And the oaks ignore their pleas

The trouble with the maples
And they're quite convinced they're right
They say the oaks are just too lofty
And they grab up all the light
But the oaks can't help their feelings
If they like the way they're made
And they wonder why the maples
Can't be happy in their shade?

There is trouble in the forest
And the creatures all have fled
As the maples scream 'oppression!'
And the oaks, just shake their heads

So the maples formed a union
And demanded equal rights
'The oaks are just too greedy
We will make them give us light'
Now there's no more oak oppression
For they passed a noble law
And the trees are all kept equal
By hatchet,
Axe,
And saw

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Principle makes $175k

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perhaps your wife could tutor you in English.