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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]No, you're skipping a step.    They need to hear all that -- and absorb it -- from their parents.[/quote]

They aren't going to hear it from their parents because their parents didn't grow up hearing it.  It has to come from the community.[/quote]

Ok, but what does that mean?  Is it enough to hear it from teachers?  Apparently not.  Six years of school-only based reform has only served to widen the achievement gap.

Is there some way the "community" could help parents instill the message to their children?[/quote]

Yes, by denouncing a lot of the bad behavior and negative values and emphasizing more positive pursuits.  We live in a society where it's considered "acting white" to try and achieve success, where it's instead all about the fronting and the shortcuts that don't work, instead of the legitimate - gaming the system, the hustle, the scam, the "I'm gonna be a pro basketball player" or "I'm gonna be a rapper" where your chances of success are slimmer than your chances of getting hit by lightning.  And worse yet, layer upon that this crap "urban culture" layer where things like misogyny, violence, drugs and thug life are not just tolerated, they are in fact glorified.[/quote]

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