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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Not diverse, but that obviously appeals to many people in Arlington.[/quote]

PP, I'm sorry you got priced out of Discovery (or Arlington), but there's no need to lash out. I don't think most people seek diversity in schools in the first place -- it's just not a major criterion. I'm sure you feel smug in suggesting that a lack of diversity "appeals to many people in Arlington" but you're just being offensive. I mean, you wouldn't say the lack of diversity schools in SE DC "appeal to people in Anacostia" would you?

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Sorry you're having a rough and angry morning.  Just telling it like it is.  When people use terms like FARMs, it bothers me.  I am Latino, and I live in Arlngton fwiw.[/quote]

You're the one lashing out, [i]chica.[/i] I think it's you who's angry. I have the day off. I'm sitting with my coffee and surfing the web. I'm in a great mood.

Why would FARMS bother you? It's technical jargon -- means "Free and Reduced Meals." It's literally a demographic category used to help tabulate this "diversity" you seem to think is virtuous.

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It's also a socially acceptable way for people to express their fears.  Fear of the other, fear of diversity.  In my view, sheltering kids, whether on purpose or incidentally, is not a good idea.  The Supreme Court has praised the virtues of diversity in education.  The case is closed.  That's the future, and I think that all will be better served to embrace it.  YMMV.[/quote]

I have no problem with diversity, but when it came time to choose schools for kids, it was a third-tier issue. I was more concerned with quality of teachers, class size, extracurricular programming, PTA involvement, etc. It wasn't until way down the list that I got too "must be a Bennetton ad."[/quote]

Benetton ad?  Quite the dated example.[/quote]

But it's the perfect example. First of all, it's predominately white liberals who prattle on about diversity. Ask Latinos or blacks or Asians and they generally prefer to stick together -- there are even movements for all-black schools based on the presumption that it will achieve better performance. So, in a place like Arlington it's usually white progressives that declare "diversity" as a virtue. But it's funny because what they really want isn't diversity -- rather just a sanitized version of their own lives. They want skin color diversity but they really cannot deal with the trappings that come with poverty such as discipline problems and low achievement. So they start fretting about the brown kid who has outbursts in school or who brings drugs or is lagging behind academically.  They complain about the lack of parental involvement (because often there is only one parent or if there are two, they do shift work). The dog whistles here are demands for more differentiation (i.e., isolate their white children from these diverse elements WITHIN the school), complaints about only three families doing everything (although that's true even in the wealthiest schools, but whatever).

Been there, seen that. Repeatedly.[/quote]

Oh, it's you again. Do you have an alert that goes off every time someone writes "diversity" you come in with the "Benetton" reference? Give it up. I don't think you even live in Arlington. You embarrass yourself. [/quote]

Oh, honey. Bless your heart.[/quote]Another poster here tired of white liberals talking out of both sides of their mouths. They moved to South Arlington for "diversity", got it and now want to bitch and complain because of low test scores and concentrated poverty. They now want to "diversify" North Arlington schools, so they're not taking on the full burden of the FARMS environment they chose. And they criticize others who don't praise their holy grail of diversity, though they lament that they've been screwed by making life choices that put them in "diverse" areas. What the hell do they want? Oh, the fake Shangri-La that liberals often try to project on others that doesn't exist in reality. They want this awesome "diversity" with a SES whitewash- black and brown kids from monied families with no problems. Just "colored" enough to add some spice to the conversation- romanticize about world travels, Indian food all while speaking French, but not "colored" with "colored" problems (poverty, single-parent homes, marginal importance of education, etc...). That's all well and good, but[b] we don't want that craziness up North[/b].[/quote]

You are disgusting, and you reflect poorly on the parents who raised you. [/quote]

Funny, I assume people like this reflect perfectly on the parents who raised them. Side benefit of sending your kids to a diverse school -- you avoid the proto-racists. [/quote]

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