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White boys from poorer homes now do worse in primary school tests in England than any other main group, latest figures show.
Only 48% of white British boys eligible for free school meals achieved the expected level in English and maths.
Poor white boys do worst in tests
Seeded on Thu Nov 26, 2009 12:09 PM EST
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What matters is that if the parents lack the movement to push their child to learn, and to become better than they are in the educational process. If parents lack the enthusiam for their child's welfare into the future, then you will have children that lack the understanding of what should be required of them to get a good education, to have goals, and what they themselves require to be successful.
Does not matter what standings a person has in this class society.. it is the willingness, the out right need to do what is good for them, and the cheerleaders should be their parents. If the parents are lazy, do not get involved, then the child will suffer... whether you make 2 cents a day, or a million.. the same aspect applies.
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#1 - Thu Nov 26, 2009 12:12 PM ESTUsually poor parents are working odd jobs, so they don't have the stability or the energy to push their children to learn.
Secondly, the poor don't really believe that education will get them anywhere. The parents -- unless they were dropouts -- also went through the public school system, and they are still poor and struggling. The kids see that their parents and the friends of their parents didn't get anywhere by going through the educational system. What does that teach them?
The poor need to see concrete results that their efforts will not be in vain. They also don't have the resources to get their kids tutoring. Usually the parents can't help the children with their homework. And the poor are culturally programmed not to ask for help except for necessities...because of the way people look down on them.
I passed both of my parents' math and science ability when I was 10, and -- usually being the only black student in the accelerated classes -- I was too ashamed to ask the teachers for help because I didn't want it to reflect on my parents. And, I thought that -- by asking for help -- I would be reinforcing the stereotype that "blacks are stupid." Poor children also have to deal with this emotional garbage.
Also, you can't learn if you are hungry and cold.
It's easy for some of us to spout off about the poor not educating themselves and faulting the parents, but try walking a mile in those mocassins. And yes, there are always those "success stories," how people rose above it all by sheer determination. Usually, in those stories, there is a mentor of some kind...someone who gave a person a break and a chance.
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