tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16691733.post115921555999816590..comments2023-10-24T08:33:10.354-04:00Comments on Reformed Leftist (& Friends): More Blacks Homeschooling Their Children Rather Than Deal With Failing Public SchoolsPaul Huehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01276182482853030605noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16691733.post-1159283981053700102006-09-26T11:19:00.000-04:002006-09-26T11:19:00.000-04:00Nadir: Don't you wish that the black Detroit paren...Nadir: Don't you wish that the black Detroit parents (or, for that matter, the rich black parents in the subburbs!) who opt to home school (for whatever reason!) could keep the $12,000/year now spent by the govt to mis-educate each of their children in the govt school? You cite yourself that "low income" people are more likely to homeschool. Consider a two-parent family in Detroit, with one Paul Huehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01276182482853030605noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16691733.post-1159270909466076592006-09-26T07:41:00.000-04:002006-09-26T07:41:00.000-04:00Nadir: You also have white ancestors, so even by y...Nadir: You also have white ancestors, so even by your racist logic "white history" belongs to you. Do you claim as "your" history even the history of "black" people who provide for you no genetic ancestors, such as the Zulus, Ethiopians, and Egyptians?<BR/><BR/>I am raising my kid without racism, and thus I claim for her all human history, not just what you classify as "black" and "white". I alsoPaul Huehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01276182482853030605noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16691733.post-1159270432543640402006-09-26T07:33:00.000-04:002006-09-26T07:33:00.000-04:00Nadir, do you seriously believe that the following...Nadir, do you seriously believe that the following statement constitutes proof that black and white boys behaving identically get treated differently?<BR/>================<BR/>"Black public school students are three times as likely as white students to be categorized as needing special education services, a 2002 study by the Civil Rights Project at Harvard University found."<BR/>================<Paul Huehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01276182482853030605noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16691733.post-1159248342622008842006-09-26T01:25:00.000-04:002006-09-26T01:25:00.000-04:00You'll notice from the stats in the article that u...You'll notice from the stats in the article that upper income folks of all races homeschool a little less. This is because they can afford to send their kids to good schools.<BR/><BR/>Homeschooling is more popular in the lower income brackets across the board.Nadirhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00674871983955369648noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16691733.post-1159248225530880822006-09-26T01:23:00.000-04:002006-09-26T01:23:00.000-04:00"(And what does learning "black history" have to d..."(And what does learning "black history" have to do with performing well learning math, science, writing, reading... and even "honkey history"? The Asian kids beat the crackers in everything, even honkey history. But given that just about all "black" kids in the US descend from crackers, even honkey history is "theirs"... if you are given to assigning history racistly. I teach my negro daughter Nadirhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00674871983955369648noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16691733.post-1159247515334842602006-09-26T01:11:00.000-04:002006-09-26T01:11:00.000-04:00"No evidence in this article demonstrates that bla..."No evidence in this article demonstrates that black and white kids with identical behaviors will get treated differently with respect to getting placed in special ed or prescribed drugs; all this article presents is claims by parents, which can be completely wrong."<BR/><BR/>Incorrect.<BR/><BR/>"Black public school students are three times as likely as white students to be categorized as needingNadirhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00674871983955369648noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16691733.post-1159243768849592362006-09-26T00:09:00.000-04:002006-09-26T00:09:00.000-04:00“Black public school students are three times as l...“Black public school students are three times as likely as white students to be categorized as needing special education services, a 2002 study by the Civil Rights Project at Harvard University found. “<BR/><BR/>That is a far cry from showing that black and white kids with identical behaviors get treated differently, isn't it?<BR/><BR/>Asian boys are less likely to get so catagorized, and so are Paul Huehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01276182482853030605noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16691733.post-1159243517482641712006-09-26T00:05:00.000-04:002006-09-26T00:05:00.000-04:00Most of the reasons cited by these black parents a...Most of the reasons cited by these black parents are identical to the reasons cited by white parents, even those in relitively nice public schools. Even white parents fear that their active sons will get targetted for ritalin. No evidence in this article demonstrates that black and white kids with identical behaviors will get treated differently with respect to getting placed in special ed or Paul Huehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01276182482853030605noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16691733.post-1159239882143683642006-09-25T23:04:00.000-04:002006-09-25T23:04:00.000-04:00Black kids perform better in white schools on aver...Black kids perform better in white schools on average than they do in the black schools (though of course some black schools are excelling, and some white schools are failing). Many more black families strive to get their kids into white schools, and flee black schools, than flee white schools for home-schooling. And, sadly, black kids more so than white kids misbehave in white schools. <BR/><BR/Paul Huehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01276182482853030605noreply@blogger.com