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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]You guys. Neal worked really hard to get where he got. He had to make his way, when the head of his household was a minority! He had to push through in an almost entirely impoverished school! He's exceptional god damn it!
And what he learned along the way?
In order to be a winner, someone's got to be the loser.  So, it won't be enough for his kids to thrive in a north Arlington school, your south Arlington kid has to fail. So, make sure you vote early and often. Ship the rest of those poors around western Columbia Pike off to Wakefield. Chuckle chuckle.
Neal learned that no one can do it for you. You have to do it for yourself. So, pull that ladder up behind you. If they want it, they can work for it like he did. Isn't that for the best? A third of the county's students learning what Neal learned. Growing up to be just like Neal
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Wow, why do they wake up in the morning when people like you give them no chance to succeed?  Given your demoralizing view of them,  what are YOU doing for them!? Seems pretty hopeless for them unless white and somehow those pesky Asian kids walk by them in the halls (psst, the test scores don't seem to prove that theory). You don't know my story, how can you think it's been a cakewalk for me?  Maybe you don't work that hard over at that useless government job, things in life came easy for you, college was paid for by the Parents for some dopey degree, you sucked your mama's teat through early adulthood, and assume everyone who isn't a minority had it as easy as you.  The point is, I appreciate people who are willing to work for what they have, and avoid working with and being around softies like yourself, who wonder why they're passed over time and again by people who put a little energy into themselves.  The mirror doesn't lie, you could have been so much more than you are. This country wasn't built on the shoulders of clowns like you.

I view the nearly $20k we spend per pupil annually,  the free/reduced meals, discounted county services, day care, and rec. leagues,  etc., as a heck of a deal. Much like a college athlete on scholarship,  you can squander the opportunity, or become someone that I'd admire. What you're telling me is it's not enough. It was for me. At some point you need to be responsible for yourself and say, it's going to be hard, but I'm going to do the right thing. No such thing as a free lunch.

Otherwise, should we (maybe not you, for their own good) adopt these helpless souls and "fix" them? Society has had no other answer to date.

I wish Neal would make an appearance, could use a friend. [/quote]

Yeah, it's totally a meritocracy here! Why can't everyone just grab their bootstraps: https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/wonk/wp/2014/10/18/poor-kids-who-do-everything-right-dont-do-better-than-rich-kids-who-do-everything-wrong/

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