Pics like that are why I laugh at people who claim poorer children in the US CAN'T learn in their schools because they don't have computers or new text books. LMMFAO!!
Meanwhile you have schooling like in the pic or one room school houses that teach multiple grades in other countries. We have it so good here.
Its not argued that certain children "cant learn", and I'll assume you're talking about black children here --- its instead challenging the social and economic inequities that control outcomes and
probabilities of success.
Unlike improverished countries, America and the western world is organized around orthodox capitalism, i.e competition. It is irrational to expect black children, who on average grow up with 5% of the wealth of their white counterparts and attend schools that are far inferior in every way, to achieve the same level of success, on average, as others when the game is rigged.
This is compounded by the fact that even when a black child does the right things, he still wont be afforded the same level of opportunities. Empirical studies have shown that white men with felonies have a better chance at securing employment, than a black man with a clean record.
This isnt even touching on the 400 years of social conditioning, unique to this country, where the dominant class has re-enforced incessantly that certain lower classes are inherently evil, stupid, worthless, and lazy therefore controlling expectations and that group's collective psychology.
I know this will seem a little corny, but indulge me here. I know that we all get into petty arguments on here quite often, but here's a picture that brought me back to reality:
