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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]"the kids" are not going to perform well is not the same as "the poor kids are going to infect my child's brain and prevent her from learning."  The truth is "those kids" may not perform well, but yours will.  Unless you believe that poverty is a disease and somehow somebody will take away your child's meals and peace at home.[/quote]

That is hugely wrong, and it makes me wonder if you have even the faintest clue of what goes on in classrooms - the kids aren't each all just sitting there in a vacuum with a one-on-one connection with the teacher.  There are a lot of kids who come from very dysfunctional homes, who have behavior and discipline problems, who have no idea of what socially acceptable and normal behavior is supposed to be like - they end up talking in class, disrupting, getting up and walking around, throwing things, et cetera - lots of constant disruptive behaviors which consume teachers' time and take away from learning - all of this can end up negatively impacting the entire class.[/quote]

I can't agree more. The poster who thinks we are speaking of "catching" poverty is the clearest example of in this entire thread of an uninformed, arrogant, over privileged parent. Let me see if I can explain this clearly = the behavioral outcomes associated with homelessnes, abuse, neglect, and unmedicated mental health issues that I have witnessed directly are; suicide attempts, destruction of school property, fights (including with weapons), assaults on teachers, overtly sexual behavior .... I could go on and on. All of this in the classroom in full view of all of the students and staff. If this is the kind of environment you want your kid to learn in, more power to you.[/quote]

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