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RE: “Punish a white kid first” – The Rule I Didn’t Follow
There are a lot of great books and movies about teachers making a difference. The problem is it doesn't usually work out. The school was setup for them to fail.
I think you will see the same picture repeated world wide when it comes to schools in underprivileged areas. Exactly the same situation occurs in schools here in the UK.
These kids are basically expected at best to end up on benefits or doing very low paid jobs. Those are the lucky ones.
The rest are just expected to end up as petty criminals or worse. If you grow up with those kind of expectations then it is kind of like a self fulfilling prophecy.
It is really sad because a huge amount of potential and lives are being needlessly wasted in this way. One of those kids, could in the right circumstances go on to change the world, unfortunately that potential will never be realised.
Parents or lack of parents is a super big problem in the US as well.