05-06-2010, 06:15 PM
Gutenberg wrote:
I have come to think that most of it has to do with home. Kids whose parents want them educated will do well generally; kids whose parents are not interested will not do as well. And unfortunately there are many cities where a couple of generations have been so addled by drugs that their children are raising themselves--they are essentially feral.
Bingo- Our friend who teaches in Cleveland tells us that less than 5% of the parents in her elementary school graduated from High School. And only ONE parent came to a parent-teacher conference. In 20 years.