Michelle Rhee in DC: Episode 10, Pt. 2

Michelle Rhee has been on the job as DC Schools Chancellor for two years--is education any better in Washington, DC?

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[brindlebriar]

@1falconeye2 True. And even thin it will STILL be seen as a system failure instead of a cultural failure and will be too hard and too tiresome to point out where everything went wrong at that point. We have enough research right now that shows that giving out money or funding schools doesn't even remotely solve the cultural lack of respect for education. How can blacks say the education system isn't working when they've built their identity on rejecting and not participating in it?

[1falconeye2]

@theherdmentality Unfortunately, I'm, afraid this may happen one day...when the streets will be rampant with thugs more than ever, when gov't. continues to dole out even more of our money to support them, and the vicious cycle gets larger and larger.

[theherdmentality]

@1falconeye2 and anyone who points this out is either a "racist" or a "sellout", so there can't be any reform until shit is COMPLETELY chaotic and at the very rock bottom, for blacks to be able to admit that their culture is mortally flawed and manifesting these flaws in many ways, poor education being one of them.

[1falconeye2]

@theherdmentality THANK YOU and it will never be admitted, unless there is a military type school w/ parents permission and "yes sir, yes mam, please, excuse me, thank you, etc" instead it's "b--ch, ho, mutha........, n--ger, and other foul vocabulary"!

[MsJanetWood]

I'd like to see a reality show where Michelle Rhee teaches Remedial Math at a junior high in the inner-city! 5 classes with 35 students each! 5 days a week for at least 3 months! Then, a panel of education experts can critique her teaching!

Arm-chair quarterback? Back-seat driver? Delusions of grandeur?

[theherdmentality]

black culture is the true problem. black kids should not have to have it imposed on them to work hard, not steal and not be a menace to society. this should be built into their culture and come from their parents. black culture glorifies a lack of education, violence, promiscuity, etc. and that's the REAL problem that no one is talking about