Virginia's education goals differ by race...

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Going back to a discussion we had here earlier this year, I remember The_Leander and a few others wanting more information as to the way affirmative action and other "benefit" type programs in the US are used to divide and promote racism. Here's a gem from Virginia...

As part of Virginia's waiver to opt out of mandates set out in the No Child Left Behind law, the state has created a controversial new set of education goals that are higher for white and Asian kids than for blacks, Latinos and students with disabilities.

Here's what the Virginia state board of education actually did. It looked at students' test scores in reading and math and then proposed new passing rates. In math it set an acceptable passing rate at 82 percent for Asian students, 68 percent for whites, 52 percent for Latinos, 45 percent for blacks and 33 percent for kids with disabilities.
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http://www.nwpr.org/post/firestorm-erupts-over-virginias-education-goals

So, never mind that the kids live in the same neighborhoods as each other, and go to the same schools... Essentially, they're just saying that Asians are expected to do the best, while white kids are capable of being kinda good, latinos are a bit slower, and blacks, well, they're still a bit above the mentally incompetent. Nice. (sigh)
 
The same thing is happening in Florida. It is straight up racism designed to keep blacks and hispanics uneducated, dependent on government programs and voting democrat.
 
redrumloa said:
The same thing is happening in Florida. It is straight up racism designed to keep blacks and hispanics uneducated, dependent on government programs and voting democrat.
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But less education increases the likelihood of voting Republican. The higher the educational level you reach the more likely you are to be left leaning and Democrat voting.
 
FluffyMcDeath said:
But less education increases the likelihood of voting Republican. The higher the educational level you reach the more likely you are to be left leaning and Democrat voting.
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I guess if you are including all the unemployed layabouts with worhless pieces of paper in a file cabinet.
 
redrumloa said:
I guess if you are including all the unemployed layabouts with worhless pieces of paper in a file cabinet.
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How did those layabouts manage to get those pieces of paper? I've got some paper and I recall that you had to work for them. Nor does unemployed mean layabout. That's quite a head full of stereotypes you have there.
 
FluffyMcDeath said:
How did those layabouts manage to get those pieces of paper? I've got some paper and I recall that you had to work for them. Nor does unemployed mean layabout. That's quite a head full of stereotypes you have there.
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The Marxist brainwashing hasn't done these lazy layabouts very well, has it? BTW it doesn't take much effort to pass most of these (extremely expensive) private colleges. I've known plenty of these types. Go to Art Institute, pay big bucks, smoke pot, do little, graduate, wonder why you are not gainfully employed smoking pot drawing an occasional picture, vote democrat.

Anyhow, you are going OT. The OP is about public school (K-12).
 
Pot smoking artists make most of their money after their death.
 
who are these "Pot smoking artists" ???

being an artist is a daily struggle. life is full of sacrifice and denial. It's certainly worth it, of course, but the only people I see partying are those rich douchebags who have way too much time and money to do anything useful with their miserable lives
 
cecilia said:
being an artist is a daily struggle. life is full of sacrifice and denial. It's certainly worth it, of course, but the only people I see partying are those rich douchebags who have way too much time and money to do anything useful with their miserable lives
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All joking aside, would you recomend a kid coming out of high school to go to one of these "Art Institute" private schools? I ask because a kid I know has shown desire to go to it. Problem is, I know 2 people who attended the local one and they are the lazy layabout type I hate. I have the impression most (not all) aspiring artists are dreamers and these schools misrepresent what opportunities are really out there for artists.
 
redrumloa said:
All joking aside, would you recomend a kid coming out of high school to go to one of these "Art Institute" private schools?
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No, but if you are about your art then you aren't about getting an MBA (getting paid to be a dead beat) or an Engineering Degree (getting paid to make the world go around but less than an MBA deadbeat). A lot of these colleges are just ways to sell student loans. Personally I'd rather these guys didn't get paid jobs afterwards and let the guys writing the loans have a nice long think about whether they are in the right kind of business.
Problem is, I know 2 people who attended the local one and they are the lazy layabout type I hate.
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Aren't you busy with work? How do you know what they do with their time? Are you having them followed?
 
redrumloa said:
All joking aside, would you recomend a kid coming out of high school to go to one of these "Art Institute" private schools? I ask because a kid I know has shown desire to go to it. Problem is, I know 2 people who attended the local one and they are the lazy layabout type I hate. I have the impression most (not all) aspiring artists are dreamers and these schools misrepresent what opportunities are really out there for artists.
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no.

I majored in science in grad school. I only decided to go into an art career while there. School is for making contacts to use to future jobs. I obviously failed in that. But, it's obvious one doesn't NEED to go to art school.

My advice to anyone wishing to be an artist is prepared to be VERY disciplined. Be self-directed, grow a very thick skin and pay no attention to the many negative people you will meet along the way. I spent my time learning my craft, practicing for hours at home, attending meetings (esp after i got involved with Amiga where I taught myself computer graphics). And you get nowhere unless you are SUPER ambitious.

be prepared to make sacrifices.
personal,
financial,
whatever is needed.

the rewards are great but they don't come without a price.

if you can't handle that, do something else

Being an artist is not for the weak and stupid.
 
FluffyMcDeath said:
Aren't you busy with work? How do you know what they do with their time? Are you having them followed?
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Well one of them until recently was a "friend" we have known for 25 years. He had a little Norman Bates in him and completely went off the tracks when Mother died. After 25 years you get to know someone. He never worked or really had the desire to work. He received a small monthly check from a trust which he called his "paycheck".
 
All joking aside, would you recomend a kid coming out of high school to go to one of these "Art Institute" private schools?
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Well, it depends on what the kid wants to do. Basically, this day in age, if you want to do anything, you need some type of sheet of paper that says you've done something previously. For kids starting out, that usually means a degree of some kind. Would I think an "Art Institute" really delivers a good return on investment for kids? Probably not. There's cheaper ways for kids to get better sheets of paper. But, have I worked with a few excellent designers who used an "Art Institute" to get their foot in the door? Yup. Basically, it's a purchased opportunity. It is what you make of it.

I ask because a kid I know has shown desire to go to it. Problem is, I know 2 people who attended the local one and they are the lazy layabout type I hate. I have the impression most (not all) aspiring artists are dreamers and these schools misrepresent what opportunities are really out there for artists.
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Well, stereotypes aside, every post-ed school is going to paint an overly optimistic view of its graduates' opportunities. They're in the business of selling very expensive sheets of paper. It's in their best interest to make those sheets of paper look as valuable as possible.
 
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