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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Exactly. The president of the United States is black. I don't think there is a need for affirmative action in the 21st century.[/quote]

You are right.  [b]We don't need affirmative action.  We need to figure out how to get teachers in Title I schools to stop making the classwork in elementary school easier b/c these kids come in less prepared[/b] b/c this, while done with the best intentions, is not helpful.  We also need to get the parents to understand that they can't depend on the school to be solely responsible for educating their kids, it's a partnership.  I think there are a lot of parents who truly don't get this b/c historically in their communities schools have been the sole source of education.  I'm sure if there was some concerted effort to change this mindset we would see the necessary progress.  I'm also sure I will get negative feedback for what I'm going to say next, but I'll say it anyway.  I've noticed that in my DC's AAP class the black students are from immigrant parents, and I think that's b/c their parents have less of a history of the school as the sole educator mindset.  No amount of affirmative action is going to solve the real issue, only a concerted effort to make sure that educators and PARENTS give the kids the best academic foundation in their elementary years so affirmative action is unnecessary.  [/quote]

What planet do you come from?! Just becuase one fortunate African American kid grew up to be president, that means that discrimination is dead?  Or that huge disparities don't exist between the haves and have nots?  Affirmative action will be necessary until the playing field is truly level, and I can guarentee you that it is not, not even here in Fairfax County.

As for your pitifully ignorant comment about Title I teachers, how is a teacher supposed to present multiplication of fractions to 5th grade students who have not yet mastered their multicplication facts?  Or spelling words to 1st graders who do not yet know all of their letters and the sounds they make.  You can ONLY teach starting from where the kids are.  [/quote]

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