tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33353812.post7420841426136275405..comments2024-02-17T04:12:23.721-04:00Comments on parentalcation: "achievement gap" - Google NewsTurbineGuyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09781298806992944235noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33353812.post-90783712752852429202007-08-19T16:19:00.000-04:002007-08-19T16:19:00.000-04:00Yep, there are lots of them, and here's another:ht...Yep, there are lots of them, and here's another:<BR/><BR/>http://tinyurl.com/2pboow<BR/><BR/>But read the comments following the article: most readers say the same thing, over and over. The fault is with the cultures that don't value education. The problem isn't with "minorities." Asians are a minority, but they value education. The problem is the minority cultures that teach that studying = "trying to be white" and that education is for chumps. <BR/><BR/>The heartening thing is that these comments are from people who read the San Francisco Chronicle and are presumably from the famously "liberal" SF Bay Area (I can't believe all these comments were written by people from the red states who just happen to read the Chronicle online). <BR/><BR/>People see through the politicians' and educators' and sociologists' claims that "we" aren't doing enough for minorities. The fact is that "we" can never do enough for people who don't give a damn about becoming educated.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com