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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The above is true. I went to school with the children of immigrants and they held education in high regard. These friends all went on to college. For many, English was not their first language. So yes, it depends on the attitudes of the parents, poor or not.

My experience in our title 1 school was much like those of previous posters. Some classes were better than others as far as discipline, but what bothered me was when I would ask my children, who were above grade level readers, what they did during reading time, they usually said they were reading to someone else (who usually reads easier books). When some samples of writing came home (infrequently) with the same mistakes as the last time, I would ask if the teacher gave feedback and the answer was, "No. The teacher knows I can write. She's helping other people." My other child was left on the one of the few working computers many times. Assignments that my older one had to do were dropped by the time by younger one came through only a few years later. It seemed that as poverty crept up, expectations went down. And, to be fair, at the time, poverty had doubled to over 50% in five years due to a boundary change. The teachers were so warm and friendly. I just think they were overwhelmed.[/quote]

Was this Fairfax county?[/quote]

My own school experience was not in Virginia. Our experience with a Title 1 school was in Fairfax county. [/quote]

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