Posted on 04/17/2007 7:49:21 PM PDT by Stoat
Boarding schools would only work if they were privately owned, privately managed, and Christian based.
Government boarding schools would be hotbeds of Marxism and homosexual activity and indoctrination.
Wait until the mexican gangs and the asian gangs start to war over turf.Los Angeles will look like Beirut.
“Citing bleak data on incarceration, joblessness and AIDS, the National Urban League said Monday that problems facing black men represent America’s most serious social crisis and proposed an aggressive campaign to provide them with more opportunities. “
I want more opportunities... do I have to be black? Well I guess that is another social problem... a serious social crisis that I’m not black.
Our country provides more opportunity than any other country in the world. It's not enough?
Simple...
Get rid of rap music, and you just conquered 85% of the battle...
Whoops. That’s something that requires individual responsibility. Unlikely to be implemented!
Take responsibility for your own life (don’t expect government to do it for you)
One thing we learned from Katrina is that many don’t know how. They have been relieved of the need to be responsible for so long they have lost the initiative and ability to do so.
With one more element - how the kids are taught to read. A little-known fact is revealed by the reading research studies. The "whole language" method shows a pronounced bias against black children - for some obscure reason, they have greater difficulty learning to read by this method than do white children. On the contrary, the research on phonetic reading programs shows no difference between the races.
Nothing could be crueler than putting black children into reading programs where they are doomed to fail. Don't underestimate the destructive power of not learning to read. It starts the entire syndrome of black problems: loss of self-esteem, drop-outs, drug use, unemployment, out-of-wedlock children, gang murders, prison, and the total disintegration of the inner city.
OK, as a non-educator, what is the difference between the two methods, and what would I have learned in first grade in the early 80s?
The difference between the two methods? Like the difference between liberals and conservatives. Phonics requires more work on the part of the teacher, more dedication, and more intellect, if you will.
More than 85% of U.S. schools use the “whole-language” approach even though it costs more money than phonetic programs and has a miserable showing in virtually all research studies.
Whole language starts with memorization of more than 100 sight words, usually with flashcards. Children are encouraged to guess, to interpret the pictures, and to somehow figure out a new word by the context of the other words. Though its proponents say they teach phonics, the phonics it includes is dribbled out over three years (John Dewey said children don’t need to learn to read until third grade) and is poorly organized. By the third grade, 40% of the class have developed very bad guessing habits, reverse a lot of words, and are dependent on adults to read multi-syllabic words. And by the way, even the “good” students are bad spellers.
Phonics programs present all 76 English phonograms in the first year and practice sounding out words intensively. Under a hard-working, dedicated teacher 98% of the class will be reading independently by the end of the year.
Thanks for asking. If you have children in public schools, do some asking around and ask your child to read to you.
That will very likely happen.
Still the victim. Need someone to take care of the situation, provide training, jobs, mentoring. Government is the only answer, and oh, by the way, parents should also take a more active interest. The sad part of this is the number of single parent mothers raising children, mothers who have never had a husband to help with the child rearing.
|
Excellent idea, although implementation may be problematic
Jacko and Snoop Dogg's America (Michelle Malkin)
Only in America could a thug from the 'hood become such a phenomenal commercial success that he could demand, as the New York Post's Page Six reported, a concert contract rider guaranteeing "high-grade marijuana" along with a backstage Sony PlayStation and cases of Hennessy cognac and Moet champagne.
Rap Star In Gore Climate Concert Lineup Flies Dinner Across The Atlantic
Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.