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[quote=Anonymous]Not a stupid question.

Dunbar’s XQ model is Afrofuturist, (and speaking as a black person, is even less vague than Cardozo’s model) where the kids are supposed to be figuring out ways as a black person, to dismantle systemic racism and “create their own utopia”.

This isn’t a tangible solution because the students can’t create an actual plan and fully execute it.

More directly to your question, if a student doesn’t want to create their own business at Cardozo, one of my friends says that it doesn’t matter because every student starting at 9th grade will begin to take those classes, so technically, it’s a graduation requirement.

The “Ghetto Finance” class that kids take is a class that the principal teaches. There’s no work. It’s just him talking about his sordid past with gangs (and honestly, much of it sounds like folklore) and “how they can make money on the street.”

In short, the entire XQ model is supposed to give kids a chance to “design” their own school, but in reality, it’s just a way for former educators, higher-ups, and self-important people to bolster their résumé’s.

Based on trends across the District they’ll try it with every school to see if it sticks, but it’ll probably die out in >3 years. However, it will already have done damage to your child’s college application and academic résumé. [/quote]

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