Posted on 03/01/2011 3:44:48 AM PST by DBCJR
Racial and ethnic violence and conflicts routinely hinder student learning in the Philadelphia School District, according to a report to be issued Tuesday by the city Commission on Human Relations.
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To fix the problem, the commission recommends an overhaul of some district policies and the adoption of new rules. ...
The district "is not doing enough to resolve problems associated with intergroup conflicts and violence," the report said, citing public testimony. "We heard from witnesses who believe that the district has been unresponsive to their complaints."
The complaints ranged from "petty discourtesy and isolated acts of verbal aggression to physical and emotional harassment, bullying, and physical assaults." The commission examined conflicts based on race, color, and national origin; immigration status; disability; sex; and sexual orientation.
The Inquirer obtained the report before its public release.
Among the report's more serious findings: The district's policies to combat violence and ethnic tensions are applied inconsistently. Discipline is uneven from school to school.
The structure for reporting problems is unclear, and staff members often lack proper training in dealing with racial and ethnic conflicts...
The zero-tolerance policy, which mandates automatic punishment for certain infractions, is counterproductive and does not address why students act out, the report says. Those findings were echoed in a recent report by the student organizing group Youth United for Change.
"The district should acknowledge the ineffectiveness of zero tolerance and commit itself to sending a single consistent message of helping difficult students rather than alienating them," said one community advocate quoted in the report.
Suspensions are handed out too often, the report concludes. District officials have said they have taken steps to lower the number of out-of-school suspensions handed out in the last two years.
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(Excerpt) Read more at philly.com ...
The parents of the Asian children should sue the school district for the costs of putting their children in safer private schools.
Pardon me for saying it, but they are inner city black ghetto, no? Duh.
Just doing what come natural.Just let ‘em be.
Looks like that cultural diversity thing isn’t working too well.
Sounds like they're pretty alienated already.
And, let's face it having a school with a large population with an average IQ of 85 with a small minority with an average IQ of 106 is asking for trouble.
“And, let’s face it having a school with a large population with an average IQ of 85 with a small minority with an average IQ of 106 is asking for trouble.”
That’s the thing no one wants to talk about.
The Black Amish???
The complaints ranged from "petty discourtesy and isolated acts of verbal aggression to physical and emotional harassment, bullying, and physical assaults." The commission examined conflicts based on race, color, and national origin; immigration status; disability; sex; and sexual orientation.
"Intergroup conflicts?"
Conflicts? Oh, is that what they are called? When was the last time that a situation involving whites and blacks was described as 'intergroup conflict'? What, no 'racism'? No white privilege?, No stains of slavery? No poverty, single motherhood or all the other excuses normally used?
They sue and the taxpayer pays.
Better to return some of that “social justice” the old-fashioned way.
Though I’m and evil white devil and not Asian I faced racial violence at my high school in the late 90’s. I quickly learned that certain segments of our society only understand violence as a means of conflict resolution and everyday life. Once you understand that, you can protect yourself better.
I reached a point where I felt more like I was incarcerated than in high school. Calling the place a zoo would be insulting to zoos. The mostly black administration turned a blind eye to it. In fact, they brought in speakers from the Nation of Islam which just fomented anti-white hate.
My son will be attending school in a rural county with a population of 8000 and a high school with less than 400 students.
Though it is a public school the parents and teachers are the God fearing type and the only zoo my son will know will be the one with animals.
Life in a hell hole is just plain hell
Dr. Seuss, Asians, and black-on-Asian violence:
“I have heard there are troubles of more than one kind.
Some come from ahead and some come from behind.
But I’ve bought a big bat. I’m all ready you see.
Now my troubles are going to have troubles with me!”
from “I Had Trouble in Getting to Solla Sollew”, 1965
I don't really think most Americans understand what a population with an average IQ of 85 is really like.
1 standard deviation down is 73. 73!!!!
People with mental abilities that limited find it VERY difficult to function in a modern society. Because their ability to reason abstractly and image the future is poor, they have a lot of trouble with cause and effect.
Look, I went to an all-white high school where 5-7% of the students had IQs that low. They tended to act out and were violent, too. They were especially provoked by the existence of smart kids - they believed that it was the fault of the smart kids that they "looked dumb".
There is no way to mix an 85-IQ population with a 100-IQ population, much less a 106-IQ population, in the context of forced schooling beyond 8th grade and not have a catastrophe.
Which is what we have.
Some schools have FFA as in Future Farmers of America, my high school had Future Felons of America.
I’m not in any of the yearbooks and I certainly don’t attend their reunions if they have them. I went to proms and homecomings at my girlfriend’s school, a much nicer upper-scale school.
My black friends suffered relentless torment by their peers because they joined me in college prep or AP classes. That was the “white” thing to do...
Something to consider:
Many of these Asian students will likely become successful community and business leaders.
I’m curious how this life-experience will shape their future decisions?
I know it helped shape mine...
“Daddy, why did someone knock down our snowman?”
Great “teachable moment” there.
I didn’t talk about the situation in this article, but in more general terms.
The kids/boys knocked down our snowman for the same reason that the avg 85 IQ kids beat up on the Asian kids.
BECAUSE HE WAS WHITE! (no, no, just kidding... :))
They see achievement that they cannot, or choose not to achieve, and attack it instead of working harder themselves to build their own snowman.
They’ll make future decisions on hiring and firing, trusting, investing, and charity
based on their experiences growing up.
And they’ll get called “racists” for those decisions.
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