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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The poor get plenty of uplift and plenty of opportunity in this city - far more than most other places - but not enough of the poor do their own part and seize opportunity - instead, many rely on the handouts as a core part of their regular living rather than as what is supposed to be a temporary boost to give them a hand and lift them out of poverty.[/quote]Yeah, you tell that to a teenager who can't read properly who happens to be lucky that I'm paying my own money for a reading tutor to teach  her how to read.  [b]She has no clue what is ahead of her if she can't get this skill down[/b] but she's basically a good kid who goes to school every day and does her homework and[b] gets passed along from year to year[/b].  There are thousands of kids like her in the system coming out into a job market that no longer has decent-paying manufacturing jobs for people with limited education.  It's easy to dismiss them as not doing enough to [i]seize opportunity[/i] but even the kids who are trying to "seize opportunity" are suffering from deficits that started way back when they were toddlers. If you want the city to function properly there needs to be more friggin' opportunity to seize. 
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It needs to be ingrained right from the start that if kids don't master basic skills like math and reading, early on - a lot of the remainder of their schooling, working life and so on will be nothing but frustration and struggle.  Give a man a fish and feed him for a day; teach a man to fish and you feed him for life.  As for getting passed along year to year, that's another mistake.  All that results in is that kids get farther and farther behind compared to their peers.  Instead, the failing students should be pulled out for extra reading and math to get them up to speed, rather than just passing them from grade to grade even if they are failing every class.  But DCPS is not doing any of this.[/quote]

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