i really dont think it is a race thing anymore. people just like to complain.
i went to private schools for my entire education and paid for most of it myself. my family is not well off, we are quite poor. i busted my ass everyday of my childhood& teenage years to pay for my education and it pisses me off when people say that private schools are for rich white people who want to segragate themselves from
minorities... private schools are for people who want a better education and are willing to sacrifice for it. it isnt my fault if these
minorities would rather spend there money on ther things.
adding to that... i would not like to see vouchers for private schools, it is a waste of my tax dollars. if someone wants to go to private school they can work for it like everyone else.
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Originally posted by Rubyee
I also wonder if our school systems are teaching kids about racism and segregation at too early of an age. I know that I learned about it in my earlier elementary school years, and before that point I had never thought twice about an Africian American student. After we had learned about it, however, I almost had a guilty conscious about it, and I think that that can be hard on young children, and in some could have a negative effect on theml; having an influence on them somewhat like a bigoted parent.
I do believe that children need to learn about it, but at an older, more mature age.
That is my spin on the whole thing.
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very good point..