Rakim Allah
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It’s Time to eradicate the white supremacy sponsored Black Gynocracy and replace it with an economically viable Black Patriarchy where the boys are prioritized first and invested in heavy, friends.
Reading and math competency chart broken down by race and state. Black Americans are doing pitiful.
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This is the result from broken homes, poverty, and the culture.
I grew up in a single mother household, and my mom was so damn exhausted trying to pay the bills/keep food on the table that my education was an afterthought. I remember being a freshman in high school, listening to my classmates discuss the colleges they wanted to attend after graduation. Meanwhile, I was thinking, "I just want to graduate and get into a trade or go the military route (fukk asthma).". I didn’t do homework, projects, or study, but I still paid attention in class and managed to get A’s and B's on tests. I understood the material, but I had no motivation to do schoolwork outside of school.
Plus let's keep it real, nikkas would bully you if you even talked about study sessions or anything academic outside of the classroom. Now, 12 years later, I'm working to finish an online degree. I can guarantee that when it comes to my future child's education, I'll be fully involved every step of the way.
I grew up in a single mother household, and my mom was so damn exhausted trying to pay the bills/keep food on the table that my education was an afterthought. I remember being a freshman in high school, listening to my classmates discuss the colleges they wanted to attend after graduation. Meanwhile, I was thinking, "I just want to graduate and get into a trade or go the military route (fukk asthma).". I didn’t do homework, projects, or study, but I still paid attention in class and managed to get A’s and B's on tests. I understood the material, but I had no motivation to do schoolwork outside of school.
Plus let's keep it real, nikkas would bully you if you even talked about study sessions or anything academic outside of the classroom. Now, 12 years later, I'm working to finish an online degree. I can guarantee that when it comes to my future child's education, I'll be fully involved every step of the way.
I swear. I don’t know anyone who’s been active who is struggling with this.What's funny this 90% of kids in AP classes are there because of preparation. It's not this sea of gifted geniuses like everyone assumes, it's just parents getting a headstart on the schools
When I was in the hood we didn't have AP classes so I'd be in 2nd grade bored because my mama had me doing 4-5th grade work at home. When I was older and in better areas then cacs was pulling me out of class for assessments because I was so "gifted". Preparation is the cheat code. Even funnier is my mama wasn't even strict like that. I got into plenty of bullshyt but you weren't about to be illiterate in my mama's presence
Thats what also makes these stats so embarrassing because to be honest the entire American school curriculum up to about 9th grade could easily be taught to 5th graders so America generally are already dumb. That makes us look even worse
Best of luck to your kid's cousin breh
We told her phonics farm and number land were cartoons and that’s all she asked for as a toddler.
We gave her math coloring books and random educational tools as “toys” and she was happy to have it.
We decided we wouldn’t introduce nonsense to her but wouldn’t restrict her from it once she discovered it on her own.
She didn’t start learning about other things until she got old enough to go to school but by then she was so far ahead, it didn’t matter.
Now, I don’t check behind my daughter like that. An occasional do you need help with anything or, if you’re struggling with something you need to ask for help. How’s your grades? That’s it.
As for my niece, we didn’t get her early but she’s plenty capable. She goes to study hall in the morning and she will until her grades are A and B.
She puts her phone away when she gets home and doesn’t get it back until her work is done, with a good grade.
At first it was culture shock but now it’s the routine. Honestly, I can’t see needing to do anything like this by the start of next year. She’s a smart kid.
I had a similar story.
We were just trying to make it, so doing well in school was an afterthought.
I would have been far ahead in life if I took education seriously in my younger years.
I'm doing online school also playing catch-up at age 42
cartierhoe
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Damn I thank God for my parents so much, on weekends my dad would bring us to the library, they put me in spelling competitions, my school had after school sessions to practice and study so they'd pick me up an hour or two after they let out, wanted to see me do well and it clicked enough for me to read at a level far above my grade level in elementary school. Seeing news like this sucks and I fear for this young generation.
Insensitive
Superstar
We also have to acknowledge how it isn't JUST the school system in a poor area.
A poor parent in general might not be able to afford to do things a middle or upper class parent can.
They can push/drill the importance of education but if mom and dad work two jobs each.
Who can really attend the parent teacher conferences?
Who can really make sure you're getting your homework done?
Who can make sure you're able to even GET TO SCHOOL and GET PICKED UP?
Anecdotally this is literally the experience of my ex-girlfriend's younger brother.
Both parents are working two jobs to barely afford a rinky dink lil apartment.
They were (and still are) CONSTANTLY GRINDING.
Without a wider safety net/support system (afterschool programs, his grandparents, extended family etc.)
They would've been COOKED.
This is why so many of those "social programs" that goofies on here knock and make fun of are important.
I benefited from all of those kinds of programs well into adulthood and without them my life looks totally fukking different.
And in my case they did *EVERYTHING RIGHT* from Marriage to enforcing education to all of that BUT still had to deal
with the crushing aspects of poverty.
A poor parent in general might not be able to afford to do things a middle or upper class parent can.
They can push/drill the importance of education but if mom and dad work two jobs each.
Who can really attend the parent teacher conferences?
Who can really make sure you're getting your homework done?
Who can make sure you're able to even GET TO SCHOOL and GET PICKED UP?
Anecdotally this is literally the experience of my ex-girlfriend's younger brother.
Both parents are working two jobs to barely afford a rinky dink lil apartment.
They were (and still are) CONSTANTLY GRINDING.
Without a wider safety net/support system (afterschool programs, his grandparents, extended family etc.)
They would've been COOKED.
This is why so many of those "social programs" that goofies on here knock and make fun of are important.
I benefited from all of those kinds of programs well into adulthood and without them my life looks totally fukking different.
And in my case they did *EVERYTHING RIGHT* from Marriage to enforcing education to all of that BUT still had to deal
with the crushing aspects of poverty.
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Gritsngravy
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It’s a lot of weird energy/responses in this threadthey in here breaking their necks to blame parents. While Black people are firmly clustered at the bottom of the list and this is also a Black website, for some strange reason I bet every Black person on here was at the top of their class and can't relate to these reading and math scores.
Like are the ignoring what the game really is or is it the fact that they really don’t know what’s going on
I know today's schools are bad, but back in the 90s, it was way, way worse. Cats legit got jumped, robbed, and even stabbed for doing good in school.
BunchePark
Coli N Calisthenics
not my kids 
hell nah
Oldest just started her 1st semester of the nursing program FULL RIDE academic scholarship
Next up is my 7th grader she gone get the full ride to....it's already written
Got my 3rd grader and my 3 year old son coming right after that
EDUCATION is the EQUALIZER
As a father it is my duty to ensure my kids reach their full potential...the bare minimum is a fully paid for education whether through scholarships or my pocket
hell nahOldest just started her 1st semester of the nursing program FULL RIDE academic scholarship
Next up is my 7th grader she gone get the full ride to....it's already written
Got my 3rd grader and my 3 year old son coming right after that
EDUCATION is the EQUALIZER
As a father it is my duty to ensure my kids reach their full potential...the bare minimum is a fully paid for education whether through scholarships or my pocket
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staticshock
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scores are pathetic but a standardized test doesn't determine who'll become successful in life and not a burden on society. I hate how so much emphasis are put on these test. But its not a magic formula...some parents expect the school to do everything, but you have to practice stuff with your kid at home. Just like everything else in life, you have to practice and put in work to get better at it. Those extra practice/study hours at home really help.
Some parents just dont give a damn and let their kids stay on the video game or phone all day after school and dont get involved. Kids are addicted to video games and social media and thats all they think about.
Grew up in the same boat breh. Mom was always working and tired so she didn't really care too much about our schooling as long as we didn't bother her or they didn't call getting into our business at the crib. I used to take every other Monday off because 1. She didn't care and 2. We were poor so I was getting flamed up about my clothes and shoes lol. But still made good grades because I just grasped the concepts of the lesson because of how easy it was. I probably could have been a 4.0 student if I actually applied myself and got scholarships outta high school but that's not stuff I was thinking of or no one taught me back then. Hindsight was my teacher and I instill that stuff in my daughter now. Just because I had a bad experience doesn't mean I have to pass that forward. That's true generational curses when people move with that mindset
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The real problem is Black parenting. We have too many lazy ass parents who do a piss poor job raising their kids, but then wanna stand around looking stupid when the kid underachieves.
ReturnOfJudah
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Just came back from my youngest kid's away ceremony. He got a "math wiz kid award".... Where yall at?
