You know what I was referring to. You don't play dumb well, and thats a compliment.
On Sep 1, 10:12 am, plainolamerican <[email protected]> wrote: > Well, as long as they're "seperate, but equal" > --- > people are not equal, racially or otherwise > > equality under the law and being equal are two different things > those who promote trying to make people equal are socialist dreamers > > On Sep 1, 7:29 am, GregfromBoston <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > Well, as long as they're "seperate, but equal"... > > > Jesus > > > On Aug 30, 1:00 pm, plainolamerican <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > A high school has defended its decision to segregate students by race > > > and gender. > > > > The scheme, at McCaskey East High School in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, > > > separates black students from the rest of the school pupils, and then > > > further breaks it down into black females and black males. > > > > Today the school's principal defended the policy. > > > Bill Jimenez said the school noticed that black students were not > > > performing as well as other students, and that research had shown that > > > same-race classes with strong same-race role models led to better > > > academic results. > > > > Mr Jimenez admitted that no other students were divided by race at the > > > school, but he added that academic data dictated the school take a > > > different approach with its black students. > > > > He told Lancasteronline.com: 'One of the things we said when we did > > > this was, "Let's look at the data, let's not run from it. Let's > > > confront it and see what we can do about it".' > > > > The idea came from Angela Tilghman, an instructional coach at McCaskey > > > East. > > > > She said statistics had shown about a third of McCaskey's African- > > > Americans scored proficient or advanced in reading on last year's > > > Pennsylvania System of School Assessment tests, compared with 60 per > > > cent of white students and 42 per cent of students overall. > > > > In mathematics, only 27 per cent of black students scored proficient > > > or advanced. > > > McCaskey East High School > > > > She said research had shown that grouping black students by gender > > > with a strong role model could boost both academic achievement and > > > self-esteem. > > > > Some students, staff and parents were against the segregation, saying > > > that it ran against everything the school stood for - with students > > > from diverse backgrounds. > > > > But it was something Mr Jimenez thought was worth trying. > > > > In all segregated classes, mentors track their students' grades, test > > > scores and attendance. > > > > One such mentor is Michael Mitchell, who hopes to inspire his black > > > male students during their short daily meetings. > > > > He said he often quoted the Reverend Martin Luther King, who said: > > > 'Nothing in all the world is more dangerous than sincere ignorance and > > > conscientious stupidity.' > > > > Mr Mitchell recently used the quote when he found that some of his > > > students were failing gym. > > > > He said: 'They're all young. They're all strong. They're all athletic. > > > But they're failing because they chose not to participate. > > > > 'That's an example of "conscientious stupidity". You can do but you > > > choose not to do. These are the things we need to get away from.' > > > > Read > > > more:http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1350864/School-defends-separa...- > > > Hide quoted text - > > - Show quoted text - -- Thanks for being part of "PoliticalForum" at Google Groups. For options & help see http://groups.google.com/group/PoliticalForum * Visit our other community at http://www.PoliticalForum.com/ * It's active and moderated. Register and vote in our polls. * Read the latest breaking news, and more.
