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Anonymous wrote:Baltimore is awesome. You know how I know this? Tell me one other city that has a football team named after a poem.

That there tells you that Baltimore is a city with heart.

And a city with John Waters. Gotta love that.

You live in Baltimore?

Anonymous wrote:Baltimore is awesome. You know how I know this? Tell me one other city that has a football team named after a poem.

That there tells you that Baltimore is a city with heart.

And a city with John Waters. Gotta love that.

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Anonymous wrote:Some ppl in Baltimore have sorter life spans than North Koreans. How can that be ignored or defended on any level?

It shouldn't be.

How do we address it without telling those people their homes are disgusting? How do we help lift them up?

I would bet many of them would appreciate an increase in minimum wage. How about making sure all Americans have affordable health insurance and access to medical care, and not just emergency care but preventative care? How about sending some funding to these neighborhoods for urban renewal? How about low interest loans for those who want to set up new businesses in poor areas? How about offering free college to all who graduate from high school in blighted areas? How about calling the Baltimore slumlords to task for violations of building codes on their properties? Make those slumlords do upkeep.

Insulting tweets are easy to do and are what lazy "leaders" resort to. Actual leadership and accomplishing results are hard work.

I think you’re dancing around the real issues. How do we convince poor people that being pregnant at 14 should not be their goal? Absentee fathers are NOT the norm? Gangs and guns aren’t the solution?

Hard to change that when it’s been what they know generation after generation.

By giving them actual real chances at a better life? By offering opportunities they think they don't have/aren't able to take advantage of? By raising minimum wages so that people can actually live off them and thus don't feel like the deck is stacked against them? Who growing up in squalor wants to work 3 jobs to earn just enough to live above the poverty line when you might make 100x as much selling illegal substances?

Speaking of guns, how about tightening access to them? Are you on board with that?

What does this even mean?

You can't accept opportunities when you don't have the necessary skills to compete.

If school isn't a priority, you don't build skills. Instead, you drop out. Some girls get pregnant. Some guys join gangs. Some girls are gang-affiliated, or on the fringes.

How do you propose to ramp up and improve education? b/c that's the ONLY way to ensure kids are graduating with skills

Baltimore City is a disaster. DC is a disaster. NYC schools are a disaster. Why do you think so many charters pop up?

NOTHING will change until our ed system implodes and we start over.

Nothing will change until no child goes to a school that has subpar conditions. Start there. It takes funding. But no child should be schooled in a decaying building. That absolutely has a psychological impact on children, letting them know they don't matter enough to have decent facilities, never mind decent books, supplies, course offerings, field trips.

Charters sadly have not proven to be any kind of miracle solution.

A modern, clean building, excellent curriculum and superb teachers mean nothing if a student comes from a family that doesn’t value education. THAT is what we need to change, but I have no idea how.

yup another poster who gets it finally. The solution is community schools with parenting and kid classes and better sex education to stop more "parents" from having kids they can't afford or have any idea how to take care of

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Anonymous wrote:Some ppl in Baltimore have sorter life spans than North Koreans. How can that be ignored or defended on any level?

It shouldn't be.

How do we address it without telling those people their homes are disgusting? How do we help lift them up?

I would bet many of them would appreciate an increase in minimum wage. How about making sure all Americans have affordable health insurance and access to medical care, and not just emergency care but preventative care? How about sending some funding to these neighborhoods for urban renewal? How about low interest loans for those who want to set up new businesses in poor areas? How about offering free college to all who graduate from high school in blighted areas? How about calling the Baltimore slumlords to task for violations of building codes on their properties? Make those slumlords do upkeep.

Insulting tweets are easy to do and are what lazy "leaders" resort to. Actual leadership and accomplishing results are hard work.

I think you’re dancing around the real issues. How do we convince poor people that being pregnant at 14 should not be their goal? Absentee fathers are NOT the norm? Gangs and guns aren’t the solution?

Hard to change that when it’s been what they know generation after generation.

By giving them actual real chances at a better life? By offering opportunities they think they don't have/aren't able to take advantage of? By raising minimum wages so that people can actually live off them and thus don't feel like the deck is stacked against them? Who growing up in squalor wants to work 3 jobs to earn just enough to live above the poverty line when you might make 100x as much selling illegal substances?

Speaking of guns, how about tightening access to them? Are you on board with that?

What does this even mean?

You can't accept opportunities when you don't have the necessary skills to compete.

If school isn't a priority, you don't build skills. Instead, you drop out. Some girls get pregnant. Some guys join gangs. Some girls are gang-affiliated, or on the fringes.

How do you propose to ramp up and improve education? b/c that's the ONLY way to ensure kids are graduating with skills

Baltimore City is a disaster. DC is a disaster. NYC schools are a disaster. Why do you think so many charters pop up?

NOTHING will change until our ed system implodes and we start over.

Nothing will change until no child goes to a school that has subpar conditions. Start there. It takes funding. But no child should be schooled in a decaying building. That absolutely has a psychological impact on children, letting them know they don't matter enough to have decent facilities, never mind decent books, supplies, course offerings, field trips.

Charters sadly have not proven to be any kind of miracle solution.

A modern, clean building, excellent curriculum and superb teachers mean nothing if a student comes from a family that doesn’t value education. THAT is what we need to change, but I have no idea how.

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Anonymous wrote:Baltimore is a terrible city. I do not like trump but he is correct. Didn’t the mayor just get caught selling children’s books she wrote to companies with city contracts?

I worked there for 3 years at bg&e in their facility (not the nice constellation energy in the harbor) and it really is hell.

We could barely leave our fenced in compound for lunch. We would “make the run” if desperate to 7-11 then get back to the building. I was only robbed once, 2 coworkers were seriously beaten.
There was an unofficial policy to not leave our compound when I left after the riots.

Agree completely. The last time we took our kids to the Inner Harbor, I was approached by a clearly strung out woman - with a toddler in a stroller. She asked me for money and I said ok, but to please buy her child something to eat. I’m sure she did not use the money to buy food. Very, very sad.

That’s anywhere though. I live in a small midwestern town and we can’t even go to the Dollar Tree or Rural King without being hit up by tweakers.

true any place with poor folks it happens.

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Anonymous wrote:Baltimore is a terrible city. I do not like trump but he is correct. Didn’t the mayor just get caught selling children’s books she wrote to companies with city contracts?

I worked there for 3 years at bg&e in their facility (not the nice constellation energy in the harbor) and it really is hell.

We could barely leave our fenced in compound for lunch. We would “make the run” if desperate to 7-11 then get back to the building. I was only robbed once, 2 coworkers were seriously beaten.
There was an unofficial policy to not leave our compound when I left after the riots.

Agree completely. The last time we took our kids to the Inner Harbor, I was approached by a clearly strung out woman - with a toddler in a stroller. She asked me for money and I said ok, but to please buy her child something to eat. I’m sure she did not use the money to buy food. Very, very sad.

That’s anywhere though. I live in a small midwestern town and we can’t even go to the Dollar Tree or Rural King without being hit up by tweakers.

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Anonymous wrote:Baltimore is a terrible city. I do not like trump but he is correct. Didn’t the mayor just get caught selling children’s books she wrote to companies with city contracts?

I worked there for 3 years at bg&e in their facility (not the nice constellation energy in the harbor) and it really is hell.

We could barely leave our fenced in compound for lunch. We would “make the run” if desperate to 7-11 then get back to the building. I was only robbed once, 2 coworkers were seriously beaten.
There was an unofficial policy to not leave our compound when I left after the riots.

Agree completely. The last time we took our kids to the Inner Harbor, I was approached by a clearly strung out woman - with a toddler in a stroller. She asked me for money and I said ok, but to please buy her child something to eat. I’m sure she did not use the money to buy food. Very, very sad.

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Anonymous wrote:Some ppl in Baltimore have sorter life spans than North Koreans. How can that be ignored or defended on any level?

It shouldn't be.

How do we address it without telling those people their homes are disgusting? How do we help lift them up?

I would bet many of them would appreciate an increase in minimum wage. How about making sure all Americans have affordable health insurance and access to medical care, and not just emergency care but preventative care? How about sending some funding to these neighborhoods for urban renewal? How about low interest loans for those who want to set up new businesses in poor areas? How about offering free college to all who graduate from high school in blighted areas? How about calling the Baltimore slumlords to task for violations of building codes on their properties? Make those slumlords do upkeep.

Insulting tweets are easy to do and are what lazy "leaders" resort to. Actual leadership and accomplishing results are hard work.

I think you’re dancing around the real issues. How do we convince poor people that being pregnant at 14 should not be their goal? Absentee fathers are NOT the norm? Gangs and guns aren’t the solution?

Hard to change that when it’s been what they know generation after generation.

By giving them actual real chances at a better life? By offering opportunities they think they don't have/aren't able to take advantage of? By raising minimum wages so that people can actually live off them and thus don't feel like the deck is stacked against them? Who growing up in squalor wants to work 3 jobs to earn just enough to live above the poverty line when you might make 100x as much selling illegal substances?

Speaking of guns, how about tightening access to them? Are you on board with that?

What does this even mean?

You can't accept opportunities when you don't have the necessary skills to compete.

If school isn't a priority, you don't build skills. Instead, you drop out. Some girls get pregnant. Some guys join gangs. Some girls are gang-affiliated, or on the fringes.

How do you propose to ramp up and improve education? b/c that's the ONLY way to ensure kids are graduating with skills

Baltimore City is a disaster. DC is a disaster. NYC schools are a disaster. Why do you think so many charters pop up?

NOTHING will change until our ed system implodes and we start over.

Nothing will change until no child goes to a school that has subpar conditions. Start there. It takes funding. But no child should be schooled in a decaying building. That absolutely has a psychological impact on children, letting them know they don't matter enough to have decent facilities, never mind decent books, supplies, course offerings, field trips.

Charters sadly have not proven to be any kind of miracle solution.

A modern, clean building, excellent curriculum and superb teachers mean nothing if a student comes from a family that doesn’t value education. THAT is what we need to change, but I have no idea how.

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Anonymous wrote:Some ppl in Baltimore have sorter life spans than North Koreans. How can that be ignored or defended on any level?

It shouldn't be.

How do we address it without telling those people their homes are disgusting? How do we help lift them up?

I would bet many of them would appreciate an increase in minimum wage. How about making sure all Americans have affordable health insurance and access to medical care, and not just emergency care but preventative care? How about sending some funding to these neighborhoods for urban renewal? How about low interest loans for those who want to set up new businesses in poor areas? How about offering free college to all who graduate from high school in blighted areas? How about calling the Baltimore slumlords to task for violations of building codes on their properties? Make those slumlords do upkeep.

Insulting tweets are easy to do and are what lazy "leaders" resort to. Actual leadership and accomplishing results are hard work.

I think you’re dancing around the real issues. How do we convince poor people that being pregnant at 14 should not be their goal? Absentee fathers are NOT the norm? Gangs and guns aren’t the solution?

Hard to change that when it’s been what they know generation after generation.

By giving them actual real chances at a better life? By offering opportunities they think they don't have/aren't able to take advantage of? By raising minimum wages so that people can actually live off them and thus don't feel like the deck is stacked against them? Who growing up in squalor wants to work 3 jobs to earn just enough to live above the poverty line when you might make 100x as much selling illegal substances?

Speaking of guns, how about tightening access to them? Are you on board with that?

What does this even mean?

You can't accept opportunities when you don't have the necessary skills to compete.

If school isn't a priority, you don't build skills. Instead, you drop out. Some girls get pregnant. Some guys join gangs. Some girls are gang-affiliated, or on the fringes.

How do you propose to ramp up and improve education? b/c that's the ONLY way to ensure kids are graduating with skills

Baltimore City is a disaster. DC is a disaster. NYC schools are a disaster. Why do you think so many charters pop up?

NOTHING will change until our ed system implodes and we start over.

Nothing will change until no child goes to a school that has subpar conditions. Start there. It takes funding. But no child should be schooled in a decaying building. That absolutely has a psychological impact on children, letting them know they don't matter enough to have decent facilities, never mind decent books, supplies, course offerings, field trips.

Charters sadly have not proven to be any kind of miracle solution.

Anonymous wrote:Baltimore is a terrible city. I do not like trump but he is correct. Didn’t the mayor just get caught selling children’s books she wrote to companies with city contracts?

I worked there for 3 years at bg&e in their facility (not the nice constellation energy in the harbor) and it really is hell.

We could barely leave our fenced in compound for lunch. We would “make the run” if desperate to 7-11 then get back to the building. I was only robbed once, 2 coworkers were seriously beaten.
There was an unofficial policy to not leave our compound when I left after the riots.

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Anonymous wrote:Conditions have nothing to do with the quality of education. Great teachers do.

teachers are mostly average results are a direct results of the talent of the students entering the building

again most of these high poverty areas (urban and rural) the parents don't know how to parent so kids are entering traumatized and multiple grade levels behind

more needs to be done to encourage these parents not to have kids period

yes but let's also ban abortion and restrict birth control access, and gd forbid we raise the minimum wage or put $ into poor schools so they have more resources!

murica!

oh and i FORGOT let's also be sure to take away any environmental protections that would help kids in these areas stay healthier - they do not need clean water, for sure! and on top of that i think it's very important we take away their obamacare, and make it very hard for them to get any other healthcare.

now i'll insult you and call you subhuman for living in this place that i will do all i can to make sure never ever gets any better than it is today.

vote for me!

somehow most of the country is able to live independently time for these folks urban and rural to step it up. Get a minimum wage job and get promoted and move out of the hell that you are in

yeah dude - that's a winning platform. i'm gonna insult you about how horrible everything is about the place where you were born and live, and do nothing to help you, and then insult you again for not figuring out how to get yourself out of there.

trump!

it's called tough love and a reality check for folks. People should be ashamed for relying on the government. Get some self-respect get off your ass and make something of yourself. Millions of immigrants have done it how about you you lazy white and black folks.

P.S I don't support trump

i think some folks have it tough enough already and could maybe use some support now. perhaps you were born on third base and think you made it to home all on your own though. would be typical of a trump supporter.

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Anonymous wrote:Conditions have nothing to do with the quality of education. Great teachers do.

teachers are mostly average results are a direct results of the talent of the students entering the building

again most of these high poverty areas (urban and rural) the parents don't know how to parent so kids are entering traumatized and multiple grade levels behind

more needs to be done to encourage these parents not to have kids period

yes but let's also ban abortion and restrict birth control access, and gd forbid we raise the minimum wage or put $ into poor schools so they have more resources!

murica!

oh and i FORGOT let's also be sure to take away any environmental protections that would help kids in these areas stay healthier - they do not need clean water, for sure! and on top of that i think it's very important we take away their obamacare, and make it very hard for them to get any other healthcare.

now i'll insult you and call you subhuman for living in this place that i will do all i can to make sure never ever gets any better than it is today.

vote for me!

somehow most of the country is able to live independently time for these folks urban and rural to step it up. Get a minimum wage job and get promoted and move out of the hell that you are in

yeah dude - that's a winning platform. i'm gonna insult you about how horrible everything is about the place where you were born and live, and do nothing to help you, and then insult you again for not figuring out how to get yourself out of there.

trump!

it's called tough love and a reality check for folks. People should be ashamed for relying on the government. Get some self-respect get off your ass and make something of yourself. Millions of immigrants have done it how about you you lazy white and black folks.

P.S I don't support trump