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To: tejek who wrote (399625)	7/17/2008 4:46:54 PM
From: longnshort	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 1578294

" If we were concerned, shouldn't we be paying teachers a lot more in order to get the very best?" if you can't fire the bad teachers how will more money help ? most of the best teachers are in private schools where they earn a lot less. Why ? because they love teaching more then a pay check

To: tejek who wrote (399625)	7/17/2008 6:56:21 PM
From: Tenchusatsu	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1578294

Ted, there are two parts to your post, maybe three, so I'll address them separately: - Blacks have been here for many generations. Sure, they have roots in slavery and later apartheid, but the apartheid is the same one that other minorties had to endure. How come other immigrant groups are doing better than blacks, even Latinos? - 2nd generation Latinos aren't getting the guidance and the support necessary to get ahead from the 1st generation. Most Latinos are more concerned with sending money back home to their extended families or bringing them here than breaking out of the cycle of poverty that has defined their culture for generations. To put it in crude terms, they are growing out, not up. - Let me revise what I said regarding teachers and bureaucrats. The system itself is completely broken, so much so that even if you paid teachers 2X or 3X what they're making now, the profession still wouldn't be rewarding. We discussed the problems before, and they are largely cultural. There's a lot government can fix, but even government's impact is limited. Then there are solutions that you just can't suggest because of the fears of "racism," such as making English fluency a requirement. Tenchusatsu