>
>black kids having to ride the
>bus at 6am in the
>morning (as some do in
>my neighborhood) to go ethnically
>enrich some super-suburban school is
>ridiculous. it puts the kids
>at a disadvantage, from participation
>in afterschool activities, if they
>have jobs, etc.

i used to tutor at heritage park downtown...
and then i wasn't really up on the busing deal.
the kids told me that they had to ride from downtown raleigh to go to school in west cary. they said that they don't like going over there.

i can mix italian and ranch salad dressings and put them in my salad. doesn't mean it's going to be good. (in fact i bet that's quite nasty.)

what a bad analogy. sorry about that, kiddies.

>
>
>
>what's even more insulting is the
>concept behind "magnet" schools, where
>they make this wonderful curriculum
>with all types of special
>stuff to it to attract
>white kids back to predominantly
>black/latino (minority makes no sense
>in this context) schools. would
>they make all that special
>stuff just for the benefit
>of the black/latino kids if
>they were there by themselves?
>nope. and from some teachers
>i've talked to (in the
>magnet schools) they are still
>segregated, with mostly white kids
>in the advanced or enriched
>classes (plus a couple bright
>local kids who catch extra
>hell from their peers), and
>the majority of the 'base
>population' in regular classes or
>special ed. what purpose does
>that serve?
>

okp kayci and i had this discussion...
where she enlightening me about SouthEast Raleigh and Washington GT...Ligon...etc
these magnet schools in minority neighborhoods...
but they bus the kids that live there away to other schools...
so it may be good PR to put these advanced schools in disadvantaged neighborhoods...but it's not serving anyone in that neighborhood in if you send the kids somewhere else...

re: they are still
>segregated, with mostly white kids
>in the advanced or enriched
>classes (plus a couple bright
>local kids who catch extra
>hell from their peers)

we've got to teach our kids that being smart is cool too. black doesn't equal dumb.



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