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NYC School Cuts Gifted Program for "Lack of Diversity"
townhall.com ^ | Jan 31, 2014 | Christine Rousselle

Posted on 02/01/2014 5:09:20 PM PST by grundle

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To: metmom; wintertime

How about cutting those lavish school administrator salaries?


41 posted on 03/22/2014 3:02:07 PM PDT by Clintonfatigued (The War on Drugs is Big Government statism)
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To: JenB; Tired of Taxes

Here’s another one.


42 posted on 03/22/2014 3:08:40 PM PDT by Clintonfatigued (The War on Drugs is Big Government statism)
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To: Clintonfatigued; 2Jedismom; 6amgelsmama; AAABEST; aberaussie; AccountantMom; Aggie Mama; agrace; ...

ANOTHER REASON TO HOMESCHOOL

This ping list is for the “other” articles of interest to homeschoolers about education and public school. This can occasionally be a fairly high volume list. Articles pinged to the Another Reason to Homeschool List will be given the keyword of ARTH. (If I remember. If I forget, please feel free to add it yourself)

The main Homeschool Ping List handles the homeschool-specific articles. I hold both the Homeschool Ping List and the Another Reason to Homeschool Ping list. Please freepmail me to let me know if you would like to be added to or removed from either list, or both.

43 posted on 03/22/2014 3:27:28 PM PDT by metmom (...fixing our eyes on Jesus, the Author and Perfecter of our faith....)
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To: kearnyirish2

Very sad; probably believes it was race-related.

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It was race-related. Leftist scratched their itchy need for diversity at his expense. He was passed along to make them feel better.

I have four black kids. I have guarded assiduously against this issue.


44 posted on 03/22/2014 3:31:28 PM PDT by Chickensoup (Leftist totalitarian fascism is on the move.)
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To: PapaBear3625

Some kids may find themselves at the top of the class most of their lives. It’s important (IMHO) to knock them down a few pegs once in a while. ;-)

I’m serious. As a parent, I constantly tell my kids: “Remember, no matter how much you think you know, there’s always someone out there who knows more (or can do better).”

That probably sounds mean. But, I think these stories here of students losing their self-esteem and dropping out support my idea. If you never fail, and no one has ever criticized your work, then what happens the first time you do fail?


45 posted on 03/22/2014 5:22:50 PM PDT by Tired of Taxes
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To: cloudmountain

How did your mother do in her career? I’m thinking of finishing my degree, and I’m no spring chicken myself. That’s interesting that she became a lawyer at age 60.


46 posted on 03/22/2014 5:25:09 PM PDT by Tired of Taxes
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To: grundle
grouped to reflect the diversity of our student body and the community we live in,”

tsk tsk, she ended her sentence with a preposition.

No wonder she wants to end programs for the gifted.

47 posted on 03/22/2014 5:30:27 PM PDT by ladyjane
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To: HiTech RedNeck
Why not use the gifted kids to help tutor the rest  surrender to the overt racial extortion, neglect their own studies/interests, and run the risk of being stabbed/shot/beaten/raped for their trouble.

They choose to hate on whitey 24/7/365 and continue to crap in their own mess kits ?

Fine !
Then let's re-segregate and let all the PC fascists explain the exponent on the original Bell Curvex that's appeared since this PimpOTUS managed to steal the office and infect the property.

Let those who want to get/give an education do so without being held back and bored witless by dumbed down classes and/or scared to death by irremediably feral slugs.

But stand well back, because the achievement 'gap' that would soon appear would be more akin to a seismic chasm ripping open.

48 posted on 03/22/2014 5:58:20 PM PDT by tomkat
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To: tomkat

This is Rip Van Winkle.


49 posted on 03/22/2014 8:42:48 PM PDT by HiTech RedNeck (Embrace the Lion of Judah and He will roar for you and teach you to roar too. See my page.)
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To: Tired of Taxes
How did your mother do in her career? I’m thinking of finishing my degree, and I’m no spring chicken myself. That’s interesting that she became a lawyer at age 60.

She did fine but she already had a retirement from her first job (teacher) and was doing law for interest. I did her billing because she let so many deadbeats NOT pay.
She MIGHT have made more but ... what can I say?

50 posted on 03/23/2014 5:41:57 AM PDT by cloudmountain
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To: Aria
Yes...if a Black or Hispanic doesn’t come up with a cure for cancer then we’ll just all have to die of it. After all, not fair to let only certain types of people come up with life saving cures.

This is the future that liberals have given us.

51 posted on 03/23/2014 12:55:30 PM PDT by ecomcon
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