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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]This subject reminded me of a frightening trend I have now seen at the schools discussed regularly on this site:  African-American boys being counseled out.  Boys seem to struggle with sitting with their hands in their lap as it is,[b] add sports and competition and a natural tendency to need to move and they are set-up for little room to grow.  This matched with overly effected parents [/b]and, in some cases, teachers who don't have a handle on how to work with boys.  I don't know why, but the first to be moved out are the AA boys.  I have seen six in early grades over three schools in the past four years.  That's an alarming rate.[/quote]

Can you elaborate on what you mean by the bolded ? I don't see how "needing to move around and sports and competition" is a situation unique to AA boys. Some boys get positive reinforcement from classmates through sports and enjoy sports apart from that . These boys are both white and black.

Other boys don't like sports and thse boys are both white an black. so , how do we get from being hyper with poor social skills to just needing more sports time and what does that have to do with race ?

Sorry, but it sounds like you are saying if an AA boy does not behaive well , its not their behavior, its that the school is racist. Com eon, that's weak….[/quote]

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