Black kids are dumber, says the Florida Board of Education
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88m3
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Funny enough Florida has always had a poor reputation when it came to education.
Looks like Florida really wants to beat @Brown_Pride s state.
A few more years and things are gonna change. Who here from Florida is gonna go protest this.
Considering a large number of people who post here live in Florida, none.
It's pretty funny how many of the people who post here live in awful red states.
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Wrong dates printed on voting documents given to latinos...
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didn't that dude die from a roid overdose?
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Un-AmericanDreamer
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3rd time I posted this link, but it's about parents and the school system. However, if the trend continues and good schooling may only be available to those with money to afford it, it seems like it may be 100% on the parents though. But those private schools cost damn near as much as some Universities do. That's like paying for 16-18 years of college if you want to give them a quality education from childhood.
I've met a lot of people that are/were going/went to college to become an elementary school teacher. It goes without saying, they aren't the brightest of the students at a University, on average. Yet, they'll be hired to teach your kids, and they'll give out the same old recycled and crappy cirriculum to your kids.
It will take time for the school system to repair itself, if it ever does, so parents must install a "critical thinking system" into their kids early. Then the child can practice and refine it as they grow older and form better, more efficient connections in the brain leading to overall smarter individuals. Each parent has that capability to do so and if they succeed, that will overcome all of the years of inferior teaching their kids may experience in classes. Why wait for the school system to fix itself, they may never get to that point!
Here's a start:
Teaching (and Learning) Thinking Skills Written By a Physicist.
You don't have to know your math and science stuff for your kids to be awesome engineers and scientists, just teach them how to think critically. Because these "game show tests" they give out in school won't help them do that. Even in private school they don't teach critical thinking skills, because again, those teachers never had to use great thinking skills. Meaning the mass majority of those paying big for their kids aren't getting the most potential out of their kids. You can give them that quality education at home and a skillset private schools can't even offer for free if you educate yourself.
I've met a lot of people that are/were going/went to college to become an elementary school teacher. It goes without saying, they aren't the brightest of the students at a University, on average. Yet, they'll be hired to teach your kids, and they'll give out the same old recycled and crappy cirriculum to your kids.
It will take time for the school system to repair itself, if it ever does, so parents must install a "critical thinking system" into their kids early. Then the child can practice and refine it as they grow older and form better, more efficient connections in the brain leading to overall smarter individuals. Each parent has that capability to do so and if they succeed, that will overcome all of the years of inferior teaching their kids may experience in classes. Why wait for the school system to fix itself, they may never get to that point!
Here's a start:
Teaching (and Learning) Thinking Skills Written By a Physicist.
You don't have to know your math and science stuff for your kids to be awesome engineers and scientists, just teach them how to think critically. Because these "game show tests" they give out in school won't help them do that. Even in private school they don't teach critical thinking skills, because again, those teachers never had to use great thinking skills. Meaning the mass majority of those paying big for their kids aren't getting the most potential out of their kids. You can give them that quality education at home and a skillset private schools can't even offer for free if you educate yourself.
everyone likes to say this, but I think we need an education system that helps kids even if they have crappy parents
88m3
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A lot of high schools outside the U.S. graduate students with a baccalaureate degree, and school tends to be 14 years, with year 13 and 14 dedicated to getting your baccalaureate degree after passing the exam.
These kids usually complete the first 2 years of college by time they graduate, and its expected by time you get to the university you go straight into your major.
Brown_Pride
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....fuk treesyou have to, as a parent care, or your kids don't get the same education, but let's be real, even IF you care, if you don't know enough yourself how can we expect parents to be good teachers...given that their parents when through the same shyt system they went through.
Like it's been said we need a good education system IN SPITE of parents.
Lowering standards isn't how you arrive at that btw...
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We do no doubt, but that problem will take a long time to fix. Relying on such a broken school system to fix itself for this generation in a sufficient amount of time seems unlikely. It is the ultimate goal however, that's exactly what we need as a country. In time, hopefully.
But also realize one crappy teacher affects 40 kids at once for a whole year. You can't just bank on an educational system. The best defense to that is having parents that know how to raise a good thinking kid.
Maybe a good parental network is necessary. I think that's not going to happen because every parent wants their kid to be x1000000 better than the next person's.
Rather than being on some, "My kid is so smart, they've accomplished such and such and such." It should be more like, "Well, my kid was able to accomplish such and such and such because we enrolled him into this class, here's the name and number."
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i will be prining this out and reading tonight
you have to, as a parent care, or your kids don't get the same education, but let's be real, even IF you care, if you don't know enough yourself how can we expect parents to be good teachers...given that their parents when through the same shyt system they went through.
Like it's been said we need a good education system IN SPITE of parents.
Lowering standards isn't how you arrive at that btw...
And you know what, you're not going to know everything. But knowing what to do in teaching critical thinking skills isn't too difficult, read through that link, it'll take you through the know how on your end and even build your own skills.
However, "know how" really isn't the hard part, it's being able to implement the system until they get it. Which could take years considering plenty of factors (like your time schedule), but it will get easier as the time passes, because the longer they practice it, the easier it gets. Make sure you're not just telling them what to do, but make them actually do it (buy riddle books, etc.).
There's a Physicist by the name of Richard Feynman, his dad wasn't exceptionally smart (didn't get past algebra) but was able to teach his kid how to think. They too weren't wealthy, and couldn't afford the best elementary education. Plenty of the books Feynman wrote, he talked about how his dad would raise him, and how much of an impact it had on him. Feynman's IQ was only registered to be 125, and it's been generally accepted he may not have had more raw brain power than plenty of other scientists, but it was his way of thinking that made many consider him to be one of the best and brilliant physicists this world has ever seen.
it seems like 'good parents' are needed because the schools suck. I mean, if the parents are that qualified, they can successfully home-school, and you don't need a school at all. it seems like a large part of the reason we have schools is to educate kids that don't have that at home
I just don't think it's particularly helpful to take the responsibility off the schools. the school system is something we can actually control. what kind of parents kids have is not
I just don't think it's particularly helpful to take the responsibility off the schools. the school system is something we can actually control. what kind of parents kids have is not
88m3
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Ah don't get me wrong, me I'm not saying you let the school system off the hook, just that parents must also do their part. Not just throw them into school and leave it to them to monitor your kid.
Just like that "tiger mom" article, not only do those kids learn at school, those parents are obsessed at home.
But if you leave everything in the hands of their teachers, this is what you're going to get. Remember those teachers are people too, they will treat others (including kids) badly if their life is in a rough spot. Your kid to them can just be another number.