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TRUTH OF ALL TRUTHS: it's a waste of time and money trying to educate the bottom 50% of American kids.
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[quote:Anonymous Coward 956509:MV8xMDYwMzc4XzE2ODM0ODgyXzJBRjgxRUU=] [quote:Anonymous Coward 924922] I'm not from the bottom 50%, but most of my students are. Many of them come into the 9th grade defeated and numb - from previous failures. We set the bar high - track them into honors/AP strands and offer a lot of after school hours help. If they can't or won't do the honors/AP strand, then they take the regular (albeit still college track) classes. This year, three of my previous bottom 50% got full scholarships to Brown, Brandeis and Georgetown Universities. 75% of the others were offered placements and scholarships at other universities (state and private). So - I'd rather not "throw" them away so early in the game. I'd rather give them an opportunity to meet high standards, give them all the help they need to do so, and let them then decide where they want to go in life: college, technical schools, military etc. It takes 3 major factors for a student to succeed in school: 1) parents 2) student motivation 3) teachers (this is the least important of the 3) Students of the bottom 50% have shitty parents and a shitty attitude, so no teacher..no matter how well trained...is going to turn those bottomfeeders around. [/quote] I agree with the first part (especially with teachers being the least important.) But, I've had success with kids with the bad attitude turning around. So, as pollyanna-ish as my belief is, I still think they can be helped (mine have been and I don't work in a charter school). However, I respect your opinion and agree with the 3 factors. [/quote]
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The UC system, the worlds finest public university, is SWAMPED with qualified applicants and this year was turning away tens of thousands of kids that were scoring over 1800 on their SATs and carrying 4.0 GPAs.
All you need to do is provide a good education for the top 20% and you'll have more than enough people to fill all the available knowledge jobs... engineering, science, medicine, etc. Another 30% should receive vocational training for skilled labor/trade positions.
Around 8th grade is when the kids should be tested and placed on the appropriate tracks, those who don't qualify for additional education or vocational training should be turned loose to compete for minimum wage/manual labor positions.
Anyone who disagrees with this is clearly from the bottom 50%.
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