Comments on: Just what under-performing minority students need

By: JDinTX

JDinTX — Thu, 12 Jun 2008 17:13:26 +0000

Barack and Michelle have college degees and look at all of the stupid things they do and say.

By: pueblo1032

pueblo1032 — Thu, 12 Jun 2008 15:54:18 +0000

To MR. KLEIN: The SHAME is what people like you, and NEA and other teacher unions have done to the EDUCATION SYSTEM of this great country… And to REV. AL, shame on you for KEEPING a whole RACE and CLASS of people down in the GUTTER, so they will always be BEHOLDIN’ to YOU… There are consequences when CHILDREN are not held RESPONSIBLE for their ACTIONS, when there is no REWARD for excellence, when no one KEEPS SCORE, when there are NO WINNERS and NO LOSERS… Than we GRADUATE these poor kids, and THE REAL WORLD slaps them in the FACE… But, they sure have SELF ESTEEM… Anyone catch the SPELLING BEE this year??? The WINNER from AZ, my state, was of ASIAN heritage… The winner of INDIAN heritage… Both MINORITIES, both EXCELLING!!! Kinda’ puts MR. KLEIN and REV. AL’s message in the CRAPPER, huh???

By: sambo

sambo — Thu, 12 Jun 2008 14:20:44 +0000

playblu said:
You can’t legislate an end to bad parenting.

Obama will try. Didn’t he say something about coming in our homes and making sure the kids are reading the right books and getting the correct nurishment.

By: playblu

playblu — Thu, 12 Jun 2008 14:12:32 +0000

You can’t legislate an end to bad parenting.

By: Bob in Myrtle Beach

Bob in Myrtle Beach — Thu, 12 Jun 2008 14:07:44 +0000

It just makes you want to grab Rev. Al by the lapels and give him a good shake. I guess we’ll always be cursed with “The White Man is Keeping Me Down!” as long as there is a microphone or TV camera to talk to.

By: sonofdy

sonofdy — Thu, 12 Jun 2008 14:07:02 +0000

What are we going to do? Stop whites from graduating till enough blacks have? Lowering the standards? What ever happened to the idea of holding the student accountable for thier own work? Don’t do the homework? You don’t pass. Than works no matter what your skin color is.

By: spo-con

spo-con — Thu, 12 Jun 2008 13:11:50 +0000

Henry………His money comes from idiot white Libs who think America is guilty of everything wrong on the planet, where else ? Great White Guilt……………. Megaphone Boys best weapon.

By: henryinga

henryinga — Thu, 12 Jun 2008 12:59:38 +0000

I’d like to expand on what les in nc said. The schools are intergrated and that means students of all races are sitting side by side and listening to the same teacher, yet the black student’s grades are lower than the white student’s? Who’s fault is that?
The schools were intergrated to fix the problem, but here in 2008, Sharpton is still blaming whitey, instead of encouraging the black students to buckle down and study harder.
By the way, where DOES all of his money come from?

By: WarTip

WarTip — Thu, 12 Jun 2008 09:36:11 +0000

How about letting parents teach morals, ethics and personal responsibility and letting the damn ~~schools~~ indoctrination centers get back to teaching reading, writing and mathematics to those that are capable and/or willing to learn and bringing back vocational schools for those who are not?

Can there really be any doubt in ANYBODY’s mind that simply dumping more money on the problem does NOT make it go away?

What? Are we going to install new grading curves so everybody fails equally? Sadly, I really would not put it past these charlatans.

By: atheling

atheling — Thu, 12 Jun 2008 05:12:03 +0000

On June 11th, 2008 at 11:06 pm, malkin_fan said:

Don’t worry, when Obama wins the white house Al will forget all about helping black students get ahead. He’ll be to busy rolling around naked on the bed in the Lincoln bedroom.

UGH! And you know it’s true!!!

By: emjem24

emjem24 — Thu, 12 Jun 2008 04:47:06 +0000

malkin_fan said:
Don’t worry, when Obama wins the white house Al will forget all about helping black students get ahead. He’ll be to busy rolling around naked on the bed in the Lincoln bedroom.

Ewww… did we really need that imagery? God, now I need to rinse my eyes out.

By: malkin_fan

malkin_fan — Thu, 12 Jun 2008 03:06:51 +0000

Don’t worry, when Obama wins the white house Al will forget all about helping black students get ahead. He’ll be to busy rolling around naked on the bed in the Lincoln bedroom.

By: Chief RZ

Chief RZ — Thu, 12 Jun 2008 02:59:38 +0000

Al (race hustler) sharpton. liar.

By: ArizonaNeanderthal

ArizonaNeanderthal — Thu, 12 Jun 2008 02:50:44 +0000

On June 11th, 2008 at 10:23 pm, sbw999 said:
Shoot, and I must have missed the Asian activists complaining about the racial disparity

They are in some of the California University system schools. Asians are considered a favored race which drops them below Gay Comanche drug users. Many of the Asians are STILL dominating some sciences so I guess the Multi-cultural crowd will put more quotas on them.

If they would just shuck and jive and bitch about whitey they might be welcome, bro.

By: CJ

CJ — Thu, 12 Jun 2008 02:42:38 +0000

Interestingly, there is no appreciable difference in the average standardized test scores of white and black students who are homeschooled. In fact, black homeschooled students average higher test scores than white public schooled students. So what could be causing the achievement gap between minority homeschooled students and minority (and majority) public schooled students? Homeschooling costs a fraction of what the public schools spend per student. Could it be . . . parents???

You can offer all the wonderful programs in the world, but you won’t have an educated populace without parents who make education a priority. Oh, sure, there will be the occasional students here and there who will rise above such a background, but their numbers will be offset by those dragged down by negative peer influences toward education.