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Posted by Train Dude on Wed Jun 8 09:53:10 2011, in response to Re: Fox News - Is Government Aid Helping or Hurting Blacks?, posted by JayMan on Wed Jun 8 09:36:14 2011. 2 points of disagreement:First social promotion is important to the school and teachers because their performance is based on how many students get promoted or graduate. They don't measure their performance once they hit the job market. (I was once asked to sit on a panel to interview high school students for apprenticeship programs within the NYC Transit system. These apprenticeship jobs paid in the area of $14 per hour and after 3 years of schooling and practical training, they could matriculate to full time jobs. I had several prepared questions based on the area of technical training the student received. For example, if they were in the Home Electrician program, I'd ask about wiring. I asked one such group this hypothetical: "If you were going to install an all electric kitchen in a home, which size wire would you use, #8, #12, #14. Not one was able to answer the question correctly. Several weeks later after no candidates were chosen (I was one of 6 on the panel) we were asked to attend a meeting at George Westinghouse Vocational HS to discuss where the schools were failing. The teacher's attitude was that next year we should submit out questions in advance, so their bets and brightest could be prepped. The idea that they were failing to educate never entered their minds) Second - Affirmative action. It's purpose has been served and it's result is always going to be suspect. |
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