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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]So we are all super concerned that the school missed one word? Even though everyone reading it can fully understand what is being stated? Got it.

And we wonder why people don’t want to go into teaching.

TBH, what annoys me is that the school will invest extra time and resources into only Hispanic students to meet this goal rather than just trying to help everyone. To me, that’s the problem. My friend who is a teacher calls this out all the time- she says that she is told to only worry about her “black and brown babies.” She says that even though her class is 75% white and that some of those white kids struggle just as much as the POC kids, they are truly not worried about. That was eye opening to me and is way more concerning than a school leaving out a word in their goal.[/quote]

Agreed.  I’m usually one to jump on mathematical mistakes and imprecision, but only when it’s used to make bad arguments or conclusions.   It’s clear what was meant here.

And agreeed re: focus on race -‘s ethnicity.   My take on it (as  UMC brown person who was an UMC brown baby born with every single academic advantage) is that there’s so much shame in admitting that a child’s socio-economic background is one of the biggest predictors of success it’s easier to focus on race.   Because heaven forbid we admit we have a class structure in the US.   And yes, race still plays a major factor in that.

And of course, if there were enough resources for everyone, it wouldn’t be a zero sum game and all kids could get more than enough support through the school system.  
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