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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]All grand sounding 21:58 but I'm waiting to see who's left in 12th grade (my kids are in preschool).  If most of the white and Asian kids who started in 5th are gone by then, forget it.  Linear algebra at age 15, fabulous, still don't want the ghetto social issues.

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I understand the concern about "ghetto" issues.  Issues such as: cursing at inappropriate times and to adults, extreme violence (knives, guns 5 against 1) and poor language skills are a concern for me as well.

However, by the time kids go through 5th, 6th, 7th and 8th grade the extreme violence kids are likely to be gone from BASIS via poor study habits or expulsions.   But from my experience as a graduate of a top private high school in my home state, most kids use excessive foul language just not in public.  So one that issue your child will get it at every school they go to.  The language issues are less related to poor behavior /study habits and may persist.

If the poster is referring to  other "ghetto" issues of drug use, cursing among classmates, underage drinking, sexual activities etc. again I found these to be prevalent at my 99% white, upper middle class high school and similar colleges.

I think the chief concern beyond safety, is the quality of the classmates. Do they challenge your child academically? Are there more than one or two kids working hard? Many of my friends are middle to upper-middle class blacks and their kids are working hard and behaving. I would be glad to send my child to a school full of them.

Now in reference to BASIS the black kids and parents I see are not "ghetto" and from a cursory glance more than half seem to come from a solidly middle class environment.  Every black kid you see is not a monster. Yes kids have tussled but this occurs at most any school.  Really, I would suggest folks lighten up on the stereotypes and see how things really are regardless of the school.  No need to be PC but check the real situation. Among the whites at my other child's west-of-the-park elementary school I have seen some spoiled slackers, kids with bad behavior (on par to holding to stereotypes) and really mean kids.  However, I would never expect this of all whites.  Mainly because I have experienced many others with wonderful character and real humanity.
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