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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The only way to correct this problem would be to institute mandatory boarding school to remove these kids from their homes and neighborhoods where education is not only not valued, but mocked.  [/quote]

I've talked about this with my colleagues.  Kids go home to empty homes with nobody to help them with their homework and nobody to even make sure they did it.  My students don't have bedtimes.  The idea of a bedtime is foreign to them.  They all look hung over especially on Monday mornings.  None of them read for fun.  They spend a lot of time playing video games.  Their families have cars for the most part but they rarely go anywhere except shopping, Chuck E. Cheese or the buffet restaurant.  If they have relatives in other states, they visit but never go anywhere else (museums, etc).  The library is within walking distance but very few of them go there.  When they go on field trips, they are in awe of just about everything.  When they ask if I have been there and I say yes, they are amazed.  They live in a sad little bubble and that's where they stay.  I wish we could adopt them and have them live at school.  They would get attention, help with homework, someone to read to them and make sure they read.  The would have bedtimes so they aren't falling asleep in class.  On the weekends, we could take them places so they could see that there is a big world out there.  During the summer, we would make sure they attended summer school and read everyday.  They could take swimming lessons and go on field trips.  They would eat nutritious food instead of filling up on overpriced crap from the 7-11 down the street.  They could get tutoring in the areas they are weak in.  They would be assigned a mentor who would be there for them.  I know this sounds like fantasy land but these kids have potential but it is wasted if they continue to live in concentrated poverty.[/quote]

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