Black Education Tragedy

[Cutlerzzz]

I didn't watch any videos of the trial, so I can't comment on her grammar/syntax/communication, but I think many schools don't teach cursive anymore--am I wrong?

And it sounds like she got busted in a lie there.

I graduated high school a few years ago and IIRC, we spent a short period of time learning cursive in the 2nd grade and that's it. Cursive is honestly a waste of time at this point for most people. Technology has made it all but obsolete.

 

[tod evans]

ya, not happening. I'd rather write in morse code

When my mother learned to take "shorthand" she could also type 130WPM on a swing-arm typewriter...

This was expected of any girl who wanted to be a secretary in the 50's.

 

[heavenlyboy34]

I graduated high school a few years ago and IIRC, we spent a short period of time learning cursive in the 2nd grade and that's it. Cursive is honestly a waste of time at this point for most people. Technology has made it all but obsolete.

 

[kcchiefs6465]

You're kidding, right? You must run in different circles than I do, because the people I know write in cursive all the time; including capitals. When I was a kid, they taught this basic stuff in grade school.

We learned cursive in 3rd grade with an emphasis on signing your signature. Some teachers required you to write in cursive some didn't care.

I can read and write cursive very well but am not shocked to hear some people cannot. Well I'm kind of shocked if someone can't read cursive but can read. The letters aren't that different and you should be able to make out the words.

Who am I to judge though? Perhaps the young lady has other talents? Perhaps it was a failure of the school system. Or perhaps she was nervous being up there and asked to read. I know people who are embarrassed to read aloud because of how slowly they read. Or that they'd stutter. It's not that uncommon.

 

[Warrior_of_Freedom]

When my mother learned to take "shorthand" she could also type 130WPM on a swing-arm typewriter...

This was expected of any girl who wanted to be a secretary in the 50's.

hah, now you see offices require you type at least 50WPM on a keyboard

 

[Working Poor]

Let me see if I got this straight regarding OP. The girl wrote a letter in cursive writing that she could not read back. Is this correct? She could not read her own writting?

 

[nano1895]

^^

When I was little the only games I had access to were some typing instructor games that my mom was using to practice lol! Really easy and fun way to learn typing, I had to type words to curse away mummies while exploring tombs underneath a pyramid .

On that note, I think it would do this nation alot of good education wise if parents would introduce their kids to fun educational games on the PC.

Wow I'm getting kinda nostalgic thinking about it.

 

[CPUd]

 

[Ender]

Let me see if I got this straight regarding OP. The girl wrote a letter in cursive writing that she could not read back. Is this correct? She could not read her own writting?

No. She dictated it and someone wrote it down for her.

 

[otherone]

It's educators who graduated Jeantel from elementary and middle school and continued to pass her along in high school. It's educators who will, in June 2014, confer upon her a high-school diploma.

A just society does not alienate the individual from the consequences of his(her) behavior.

 

[BlackTerrel]

You're kidding, right? You must run in different circles than I do, because the people I know write in cursive all the time; including capitals. When I was a kid, they taught this basic stuff in grade school.

I guess depends on what you do. Not sure if I could read cursive... I probably could to be honest.... though I'm 100% sure I couldn't write it.

I work with a bunch of well paid and well educated Indians and Asians and I'd be willing to be they're in the same boat. Cursive is pretty useless moving forward - and Jeantell is younger than me.

 

[Brian4Liberty]

Well, well, well, Operation-Distract And Divide Part 32 is a resounding success.

Race, race, race, everybody is a racist! Deny. Accuse. Attack. Hate! Everyone jump on in!

(And the NSA, DOJ and IRS scandals slowly fade away into the distant past...)

 

[amy31416]

No. She dictated it and someone wrote it down for her.

It said that she wrote it--are you certain?

 

[tod evans]

 

[QuickZ06]

It said that she wrote it--are you certain?

He is correct someone else wrote the letter for her.

 

[A. Havnes]

Back when I had to take the standardized 10th grade writing test (which was basically just writing an essay), it had to be done entirely in cursive. You made a rough draft in print, then the final copy was in cursive. I use cursive all the time.

 

[tangent4ronpaul]

Which one of those requirements can be achieved through a higher school budget? Which can be achieved by politicians?

Throwing money at the problem always results in lazy and worse teaching.
Politicians can only make it worse.

What he may be trying to get at is suggest a school breakfast program.

Ummm,

Walter is on point as usual but it's not just blacks that are leaving public school semi-literate...

Yes, I met this white girl once who absolutely SWORE England was 200 miles off the US east coast!

As to blacks, well, from semi-recent reporting:
Roughly half drop out of HS.
Of those that drop out, 95% are unemployed.
In this area we have one of the highest homicide rates in the country. It's almost all black on black, something the local media goes to lengths to conceal. It's also almost always drug related and confined mostly to the more "ghetto" areas of the inner city. Something else the media tries to ignore. If you just looked at homicides where one or both the assailant and victim are white, we would have stats saying this state has one of the lowest murder rates in the country. Literally, count them on the fingers of one hand. The only time this comes out is when they publish FBI crime statistics, once a year - so they try and blame it on gun violence and try to ban guns.
One other factor, is that black male parents don't stick around for their offspring about 2/3rds of the time, though in fairness this is often because they get incarcerated - generally for drug crimes.

But yes, he (OP) has a great point about grade inflation and graduating kids to the next grade that shouldn't be. When that's over half the class - it's a major problem.

-t

 

[tod evans]

t,

Haven't you got the memo?

Breaking statistics down by race is now "racist"..

Doesn't matter if the breakdown is merely factual and devoid of commentary or insinuation the mere mention of "race" will garner the use of a racist moniker for the statistician...

 

[Ender]

It said that she wrote it--are you certain?

I read that she said that in the trial. Don't have a link.

 

[Ender]

Throwing money at the problem always results in lazy and worse teaching.
Politicians can only make it worse.

What he may be trying to get at is suggest a school breakfast program.



Yes, I met this white girl once who absolutely SWORE England was 200 miles off the US east coast!

As to blacks, well, from semi-recent reporting:
Roughly half drop out of HS.
Of those that drop out, 95% are unemployed.
In this area we have one of the highest homicide rates in the country. It's almost all black on black, something the local media goes to lengths to conceal. It's also almost always drug related and confined mostly to the more "ghetto" areas of the inner city. Something else the media tries to ignore. If you just looked at homicides where one or both the assailant and victim are white, we would have stats saying this state has one of the lowest murder rates in the country. Literally, count them on the fingers of one hand. The only time this comes out is when they publish FBI crime statistics, once a year - so they try and blame it on gun violence and try to ban guns.
One other factor, is that black male parents don't stick around for their offspring about 2/3rds of the time, though in fairness this is often because they get incarcerated - generally for drug crimes.

But yes, he (OP) has a great point about grade inflation and graduating kids to the next grade that shouldn't be. When that's over half the class - it's a major problem.

-t

Easy solution-

Get rid of mandatory public school and end the WoD.