Evanston is near the centr of Obama country.
You cannot spend 20 minutes in the town without hearing Obama propaganda.
The only way they can drag the dumb/stupid ones along is to work in groups. Scatter the smart ones that will do ALL the work at a slowed down pace and lift the dumb/stupid ones UP through that. In educrat circles it is known as comparative learning. INDIVIDUAL responsibility and grades cannot work in their ridiculous scenario.
For years I have been noticing this trend — excuse me, it isn’t scientific and all...but what it is, is just good ol’e fashioned common sense.
Just about 1991 when RAP started becoming very main stream...was about the same time teachers were no longer allowed to discipline the “disruptive” students in the classroom for fear of litigation...so, the student was removed from the classroom - the reality of that situation is, instead of insisting that the student behave, mind the teacher, and pay attention we instead came up with an excuse for the behavior — ADD/ADHD and shuffle the child off to the slow learning class.
The conservative minded tough teachers got tired of fighting the school board about un-ruly students with little to no support and they started leaving, retiring, or moving on to something else where they didn’t have to put up with the BS.
Then, entered the “easier softer liberal” teachers…with the students now with ADD/ADHD and the “let’s love everyone” BS — kids started becoming more and more violent - why, because there are no consequences for anyone anymore…everyone is a victim of something and no one is responsible for their behavior or actions.
Well, they are still behaving badly there — why, because the child isn’t receiving disciple at home, how on earth could you expect the child to conform to societal norms in public when they have never seen it or had it enforced in the home.
All the RAP culture has taught young AA males is, “you are a sucker if you let the man tell you what to do.”
You can still get rich and live the “high life,” even if you don’t have a HS education...then, when reality sets in and they find out that they can’t get a job at McDonalds because they don’t have HS diploma — then they become a “victim of the system.”
The problem with that culture is there is “no accountability,” in the home or at the school.
Stop the bad behavior, re-establish strict guidelines for performance and conduct on school property with swift and meaningful punishment for bad behavior and I can assure you — the bad behavior goes a way.
Leave the kids in the gifted classes alone — they are our only saving grace.