Only 17% Of Black Students In Maryland School District Scored Proficient In Math

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:mjlol:Teachers, government officials...... in PG should definitely get the blame.

They are lazy and uninformed as hell. No doubt about it. No reason why only 17% are proficient in math in a county that has majority black students.

It kind of leads back to the mind frame that having a government job and a house means you made it.


I remember there was a day where all the counties in Maryland had the choice to close schools.

Every county opened their schools except PG county schools:what:

Pure laziness
 

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Constant skill-and-drill/test-prep does not work. However, it has been the basis of the US school system ever since the passage of NCLB in 2001. I always did well on tests, because I could always "figure it out" even if I had never seen the content before. This is because I have always been a critical and abstract thinker. What these government mandates do is strip teachers and students of the ability to cultivate critical and abstract thought. Common Core, they said, would give kids analytical skills, but it actually does quite the opposite, as it gives teachers and students more bullshyt standards to follow. The more you try to drill the standards into the kids, the weaker they become. This is because if they get a test question they haven't been drilled on, they have no idea wtf to do. Whereas, if you put any test in front of a critical thinker, he or she will find a way to get SOMETHING right. Abstract thought is discouraged in school, and low-key a huge reason why melanated children are doing terribly.
 

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No. Baltimore is filled with lower class blacks and pg/ St Charles has a lot of section 8

Also the black community still struggles with prioritizing education. Not to mention the highest state taxes are in pg and Baltimore yet they have the worst schools. I guess basing school funding on local property tax effects some more than others

Unless I’m mistaken, isn’t Maryland home to 8 of the top 10 wealthiest black communities in America?
 
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*Looks at article in OP*

*Reads comment*

Hmm, interesting take on our people.

Bruh, I have no issue with you as a poster. I'm saying this from the heart, however it's taken.

Every time we criticize each other for shortcomings, it is deflected, and turned into something else.

Yes we've been victimized, and continue to be victimized, but we also cannot act like we are powerless to change our collective lot.

I can't speak to every black household in America, but my mother only cared about my education when I brought home poor mid-term reports, or bad report cards. Every now and again she'd ask me if I'm doing my homework, but that is it. You leave a child to their own devices, and 9.9 times out of 10 they aren't going to choose the proper path.

Some criticism is warranted. I do NOT believe the black community, overall, places as much importance on getting a quality education as we should.

When I was in school, 90 percent of the top students were white; most black students fell somewhere in the middle, and another minority was at the bottom. If we could fit in the medium without the majority of us having parents who DEMAND excellence, then what about if they did? I'm not saying deprive your child of a life, and it's sad that I have to say that - because many of us - I've seen it too many times - think you're hurting a child if you hold them to high standards.

Every black child I went to school with, who had excellent grades, they had parents who held them to a higher standard. I know, because I did my own research into this some years later when I reconnected with everyone on FB.
 

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Bruh, I have no issue with you as a poster. I'm saying this from the heart, however it's taken.

Every time we criticize each other for shortcomings, it is deflected, and turned into something else.

Yes we've been victimized, and continue to be victimized, but we also cannot act like we are powerless to change our collective lot.

I can't speak to every black household in America, but my mother only cared about my education when I brought home poor mid-term reports, or bad report cards. Every now and again she'd ask me if I'm doing my homework, but that is it. You leave a child to their own devices, and 9.9 times out of 10 they aren't going to choose the proper path.

Some criticism is warranted. I do NOT believe the black community, overall, places as much importance on getting a quality education as we should.

When I was in school, 90 percent of the top students were white; most black students fell somewhere in the middle, and another minority was at the bottom. If we could fit in the medium without the majority of us having parents who DEMAND excellence, then what about if they did? I'm not saying deprive your child of a life, and it's sad that I have to say that - because many of us - I've seen it too many times - think you're hurting a child if you hold them to high standards.

Every black child I went to school with, who had excellent grades, they had parents who held them to a higher standard. I know, because I did my own research into this some years later when I reconnected with everyone on FB.

Breh, it's like white people saying if you're poor it's because you're dumb or lazy. The irony is that was a dumb and/or lazy comment he made.
 

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I would put the blame on parents before I would put it on Teachers. The problem is a lot of people think learning material only starts and stops in the classroom. This thinking will especially fail you when you reach college.

When you're not in school, if a child is struggling in math, then its up to the parent to supplement the teaching at school with studying at home.
 
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