Not always such a disadvantage. I know of a guy raised by a single mom with an absentee dad who grew up to become President! Then there was the kid with the alcoholic and abusive dad who also ended up at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue. You never know...
On 12/23/11, Rich Thomas <richthomas79td...@constructivity.net> wrote: > It takes (mostly) parents instilling an interest in learning for a child > to become educated. This begins when the child is an infant, by reading > and talking to the child so s/he can learn language and all that > implies. Then books, lots of books. By the time children reach the > "education" system it is too late to do much in the way of "educating" > them, you might be able to "teach" them something but that is not > preparing them to learn on their own and to become truly "educated." > There is a vast difference between teaching and educating, bu the > schools can do neither well if the parents have not prepared the > children for the experience. > > Unfortunately this has a disparate effect on certain segments of society > wherein having a child or 3 or 5 with no father in the household, and a > complete lack of any sort of effective parenting, creates yet another > generation of ineducable children, who will become just like their > "parents." It is unfortunate that this is now most prevalent in the > black population (70% children born to single parent, no father in the > picture) but applies equally to a lower socioeconomic white demographic > though not as prevalent. The culture of single parents, low > expectations, no job opportunities, poor education/teaching, attitude > toward school, etc. has been aided and abetted by our tax money for at > least 2 generations now, and the result is apparent in crime, etc. and a > continuing drain on society. > > No amount of money is going to fix a cultural problem. > > --R > > On 12/23/11 11:32 AM, G Mann wrote: >> he concern issue is "how do we best educate our children" as a society. > > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
