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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][b]Oh my goodness, you guys DO realize how racist you sound, right? "[/b]Hispanics are coming, there goes the neighborhood!" I hate to break it to you, but in the youngest generation, white people are a minority of the population. This means that most urban areas will become mostly non-white. But don't worry! White people don't have the market cornered on moral values or ambition. Also, FARMs kids are not all losers and dregs. In fact, I am a former white FARMs kid and I grew up and now have a HHI that is more than 20x what I grew up with. Things will change, and your white skin won't save you from hard work and adaptation. [/quote]
Of course they realize it. They know, don't care, and are proud of it. [/quote]

It isn't racism. It is about how lower SES students tend to be the ones that have behavioral issues or low motivation to succeed. I would rather have my child be the only white kid in a classroom of motivated and respectful kids vs a classroom of white children who don't do their homework, act up in class and whose families don't value education.
We live in east county and in my daughter's class, which is truly diverse, most kids do not do their homework, do not contribute to classroom group projects and whine and ignore the teacher. They disrupt the class and have the maturity of 1st grader. (this is middle school). There are a few motivated kids in the class and they absolutely hate that the teachers spend all the time with the poor performers. Not to mention, my daughter's scores are very high because they are teaching things she learned in elementary school. Also, due to the low interest and SES, there is a lack of community and involvement at the school. I don't fault parents who are being stretched thin, but when we are talking about 95% of the population in the same boat, it makes for a pretty sad school experience. Anyone in higher performing schools will never understand this until they experience it for themselves.
A friend's child goes to another middle school that is somewhat diverse but higher SES. The school has a lot of fun events planned and this helps build a positive school community. Our school doesn't have much going on because no one makes the time or prioritizes school events. It's sad difference between the haves and have-nots. And I blame the county for building all the low income housing in east county. 
And this is why many of us move to nearby Howard County or go private. We noticed a few families who are zoned for this school are missing and I don't blame them. We were considering private for next year and beyond, but decided to move to Howard county because we prefer public schools.[/quote]

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