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Originally Posted by Head416
I think it comes down to family. You can't get a kid to listen in class if they don't listen at home. You can't get a kid to care about education if their parents tell them education is stupid.
Inner cities tend to have more blacks and hispanics, and thoes environments tend to foster these attitudes. It's socioeconomic, not racial.
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I was talking to an ex-inner city teacher last weekend (he's in the Navy now). Basically, he said he couldn't handle being blamed for the poor performance of his students when he knew the parents weren't pushing them to do homework, study, show up to school, etc. I don't think this is a racial thing, just a problem with parents who have never found value in education.