I have been wanting to write about my feelings on the education systems in America for a long time. so I am taking this opportunity to do so. It sucks, why does it suck ? You ask ? Because to many minorities fall through the cracks of this jack up situation. And the situations is jack because of the media portray of Black men and women. Too many time I have heard about George Washington but not about George Washington Craver. It makes Black kids feel like there not important, in a way it makes everyone feel black folks are not important unless they are super geniuses the top of every class, athletes great at the arts or super funny. Being humdrum or little rowdy leaves you in either the sow class or the back of the class. which leaves the black child two or three grades behind the other children, but because of the "leave no child behind" laws. they go ahead and bump the insignificant child up to the next grade until 4th grade when they separated the elite children , the regular kids and the "doo doos " into separated classes furthering the gap. Now I know you are probably thinking how is this racism all colors are in these groups. Yes, but they are not all treated the same. For , example my little brother he is smart hard working and loves to learn, but he is also arrogant and hot tempered like most boys, well instead giving him time out or working with him. They meaning his White teachers, view him as monster and a criminal, because that is what the media says that’s what black boys turn into, and ships him on to the slow class, give him slow work, telling him who smart. Now mind you, The people he was in slow class with, did not want to do their work was borderline crazy and also incapable of the simplest task, and the catch is they where all white. Now other white boys act just like my brother did and stayed in their class. And Do not get me started on property tax and private school segregation. Thank god for charter school like Marcus Gravey.
This is a very interesting blog post and I wrote one similar about blacks being portrayed wrongfully in the media. I'll have to admit that in most areas the educational system is unfair. Most of the time in lower class neighborhoods blacks are usually handed the short end of the stick. But on the other hand I come from an upper middle class family in a mostly white suburb and I would say my education was great. I mean I made it this far. I just feel like education is what you make it. I understand that some kids aren't given a fair chance and don't always have the resources to get a better education, but then there are black kids who have a chance and just don't take advantage of it. There have been plenty of times that I have seen black students, especially black males, get kicked out of class or out of school, because of their own actions, not because the educational system was corrupt. I've seen black athletes who were on a full-ride scholarship get kicked out of college because of academic misconduct. So basically I'm not disagreeing with what you said, I'm merely saying that even when the system isn't corrupt some people still don't take advantage of their educational rights.
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