Anonymous wrote:Why don't they have a minimum number of students they have to admit from each high school? That should increase the diversity. NCSSM does the same thing by admitting kids from different counties in NC.

Should also help increase property values in the Southern FFX and bring brighter, more involved students and parents into the underserved areas of FFX. Getting the parents involved in those schools is going to go a long way toward getting them the after school math clubs, etc.

Anonymous wrote:The smartness of the asian has been discriminated against by the stupid races for too long

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Anonymous wrote:Exactly. The president of the United States is black. I don't think there is a need for affirmative action in the 21st century.

You are right. We don't need affirmative action. We need to figure out how to get teachers in Title I schools to stop making the classwork in elementary school easier b/c these kids come in less prepared b/c this, while done with the best intentions, is not helpful. We also need to get the parents to understand that they can't depend on the school to be solely responsible for educating their kids, it's a partnership. I think there are a lot of parents who truly don't get this b/c historically in their communities schools have been the sole source of education. I'm sure if there was some concerted effort to change this mindset we would see the necessary progress. I'm also sure I will get negative feedback for what I'm going to say next, but I'll say it anyway. I've noticed that in my DC's AAP class the black students are from immigrant parents, and I think that's b/c their parents have less of a history of the school as the sole educator mindset. No amount of affirmative action is going to solve the real issue, only a concerted effort to make sure that educators and PARENTS give the kids the best academic foundation in their elementary years so affirmative action is unnecessary.

What planet do you come from?! Just becuase one fortunate African American kid grew up to be president, that means that discrimination is dead? Or that huge disparities don't exist between the haves and have nots? Affirmative action will be necessary until the playing field is truly level, and I can guarentee you that it is not, not even here in Fairfax County.

As for your pitifully ignorant comment about Title I teachers, how is a teacher supposed to present multiplication of fractions to 5th grade students who have not yet mastered their multicplication facts? Or spelling words to 1st graders who do not yet know all of their letters and the sounds they make. You can ONLY teach starting from where the kids are.

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What planet do you come from?! Just becuase one fortunate African American kid grew up to be president, that means that discrimination is dead? Or that huge disparities don't exist between the haves and have nots? Affirmative action will be necessary until the playing field is truly level, and I can guarentee you that it is not, not even here in Fairfax County.

As for your pitifully ignorant comment about Title I teachers, how is a teacher supposed to present multiplication of fractions to 5th grade students who have not yet mastered their multicplication facts? Or spelling words to 1st graders who do not yet know all of their letters and the sounds they make. You can ONLY teach starting from where the kids are.

What do you suggest?
You want affirmative action in AAP?
Why should a equally or more qualified Asian kid get denied while a Black kid or Hispanic kid gets in just because his/her skin color is yellow?

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What planet do you come from?! Just becuase one fortunate African American kid grew up to be president, that means that discrimination is dead? Or that huge disparities don't exist between the haves and have nots? Affirmative action will be necessary until the playing field is truly level, and I can guarentee you that it is not, not even here in Fairfax County.

As for your pitifully ignorant comment about Title I teachers, how is a teacher supposed to present multiplication of fractions to 5th grade students who have not yet mastered their multicplication facts? Or spelling words to 1st graders who do not yet know all of their letters and the sounds they make. You can ONLY teach starting from where the kids are.

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Anonymous wrote:Exactly. The president of the United States is black. I don't think there is a need for affirmative action in the 21st century.

You are right. We don't need affirmative action. We need to figure out how to get teachers in Title I schools to stop making the classwork in elementary school easier b/c these kids come in less prepared b/c this, while done with the best intentions, is not helpful. We also need to get the parents to understand that they can't depend on the school to be solely responsible for educating their kids, it's a partnership. I think there are a lot of parents who truly don't get this b/c historically in their communities schools have been the sole source of education. I'm sure if there was some concerted effort to change this mindset we would see the necessary progress. I'm also sure I will get negative feedback for what I'm going to say next, but I'll say it anyway. I've noticed that in my DC's AAP class the black students are from immigrant parents, and I think that's b/c their parents have less of a history of the school as the sole educator mindset. No amount of affirmative action is going to solve the real issue, only a concerted effort to make sure that educators and PARENTS give the kids the best academic foundation in their elementary years so affirmative action is unnecessary.

What planet do you come from?! Just becuase one fortunate African American kid grew up to be president, that means that discrimination is dead? Or that huge disparities don't exist between the haves and have nots? Affirmative action will be necessary until the playing field is truly level, and I can guarentee you that it is not, not even here in Fairfax County.

As for your pitifully ignorant comment about Title I teachers, how is a teacher supposed to present multiplication of fractions to 5th grade students who have not yet mastered their multicplication facts? Or spelling words to 1st graders who do not yet know all of their letters and the sounds they make. You can ONLY teach starting from where the kids are.

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Anonymous wrote:Exactly. The president of the United States is black. I don't think there is a need for affirmative action in the 21st century.

You are right. We don't need affirmative action. We need to figure out how to get teachers in Title I schools to stop making the classwork in elementary school easier b/c these kids come in less prepared b/c this, while done with the best intentions, is not helpful. We also need to get the parents to understand that they can't depend on the school to be solely responsible for educating their kids, it's a partnership. I think there are a lot of parents who truly don't get this b/c historically in their communities schools have been the sole source of education. I'm sure if there was some concerted effort to change this mindset we would see the necessary progress. I'm also sure I will get negative feedback for what I'm going to say next, but I'll say it anyway. I've noticed that in my DC's AAP class the black students are from immigrant parents, and I think that's b/c their parents have less of a history of the school as the sole educator mindset. No amount of affirmative action is going to solve the real issue, only a concerted effort to make sure that educators and PARENTS give the kids the best academic foundation in their elementary years so affirmative action is unnecessary.

Anonymous wrote:What the he11 does NAACP want?