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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]11:00 here - I'm not sure how you could have gotten any of that from my comments.  Of course we should make an effort to provide a quality education for all DC students.  I'm just saying that lots of outside factors (parental income, education and involvement, the neighborhood, friends, etc.) all play important parts in how successful a student is.  Facilities are important, as are teachers, but they are only part of the puzzle, and students are more likely to succeed when all the pieces are in place.  Not sure why this is controversial.   And of course it's not only the wealthiest families who make time for education - don't be silly.  But parents are workign multiple jobs to provide for their kids, they just have less time to help with homework.  It's not a lack of desire - but real life intrudes.  Again, wht is this controversial?  [/quote]

I think the thing is that it is harsh.  Not that DCUM doesn't do harsh, but there might be a better way to characterize it.  If you lived in a less affluent part of the city would you want to be told you or your child cannot succeed?  I am sure people have a pretty good sense of what their children's life chances are like, and it kinda sucks to hear that because of their luck (or lack thereof) their own children will not reach the top.  For one thing, all sorts of studies indicate the ONE thing or another makes for successful students or schools.  The Post had a piece a while back about the single most important factor is parent involvement in a school.  There's Nature versus nuture.  And other outside factors too.  Although it may be true, and although this is an anonymous board, there has to be a better way than saying it like that and keeping it real.[/quote]

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