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Politics : President Barack Obama -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Metacomet who wrote (146043)	9/23/2014 8:37:35 PM
From: John Vosilla	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 149317

You are a sad case for a human being no better than the angry far right. You want your echo chamber here you'll probably have it soon enough and make it like most every other political board on SI.. Einstein my family was persecuted, profiled and treated like crap by you WASP's when they immigrated to this country in the 1950's. Up till the 1920 census we weren't even considered white either my friend. We had lost everything to come here, had to assimilate, then kicked but and overachieved within a generation just like the Tiger Mom says in her book. Others here like Chinu and MM can relate I am sure.. I have respect for immigrants as they actually work, have an unrelenting can do spirit lacking by too many lazy Americans these days whose roots go back hundreds of years. Care to actually debate rather than result to inflamatory name calling? I come here to avoid the right wing types who can't debate either when it doesn't conform to their bullet points.. Were you talking about 'rednecks' when you made that comment as i can pull those stats too? WASHINGTON—Educators are expressing alarm that the performance gap between minority and white high school students continues to expand across the United States, with minority teenagers performing at academic levels equal to or lower than those of 30 years ago. Despite the hope that improving education for children of color would propel them to better life outcomes, Latino and African-American students are not being prepared in high school classrooms for brighter futures. While achievement levels have improved considerably for minority elementary and middle school students, educators say their academic performance drops during high school years. How prevalent is the achievement gap at the high school level? On average, African-American and Latino high school seniors perform math and read at the same level as 13-year-old white students. americaswire.org