has anyone just seen the brand new story on the news about nebraska schools thinking of segregating out classes by race? i for one think that's appalling. your thoughts?
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Didn't Martin Luther King give up his life to prevent things like this happening? I don't think he wanted his death to be ignored in this way, he fought for integration not segregation.
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"These immigrants are fighting to embrace this nation."\n\nThat is funny.  Of course, how did I miss it.  Waving a foreign flag, speaking a foreign language, demanding free services, bastardizing the National Anthem.  Sound like their trying to embrace this nation - in a war!\n\nI believe that this is going to backfire on them.  In California we need to stop electing these people who hate living in this country.  That's the only reason I can explain why they would boycott it.
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If you're going to refer to a poll by CNN then you need to post a link for us to see this poll.  Otherwise, we think you're full of it and are just trying to stir the pot.\n\nThanks for the link.  Yes, I don't understand either, it's appalling.  The only answer I can think of is that they aren't focusing on Geography in the schools anymore and let's face it, for a lot of kids if it isn't force fed to them by the schools they sure aren't going to go out of their way to learn it.  Sad but true.
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So the next time some liberal D&D player comes in and starts smoking you and your students "Professor", we'll just stand outside and protest like a bunch of liberla p*ssy's and see if you want us to pick up our guns to help you.\n\nI don't want to hear another pascifist scream for help as they are having their head crushed by some other democratic "victim".  I think once again, we just whip out the protest signs and discuss the pros and cons of him stopping.\n\nProfessor my *ss, you're no stinking professor.  On second thought, you are probaly the "head" of the department.\n\nEven though my answer is the best, take you 10 points and shove it.\n\nG - wrong again baby - what are you going for a record or something.  Partial birth is before the court right now.  \n\nThere are already moves at the state level for anti abortion legislation in a number of states.  If you knew anything, (which apparently you don't) you would know that is where all matters start before they are taken by the supreme court.  The process started about 18 months ago and is working it's way up the ladder ya mo.
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I work in a school district that has many Hispanics. I was not surprised, but I was disappointed in the students that stayed out of school Monday --BUT DID NOT ATTEND THE MARCH! They just wanted to stay home and watch TV.
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Didn't they have HISTORY class where you went to school??!  I might remind you then, that our country technically is FOUNDED on immigration....if anyone deserves a free ride - it's the Native Americans from whom we stole their land!  I think the point is that they want the immigrants to actually get educated so we don't have just illegal immigrant bums wreaking havoc on the nation....seems logical anyway.
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I never even heard of this. What school was it? My son attended a Jesuit HS and it was the best in our town, and he had great friends and a wholesome wonderful time and got a fabulous education. This horrifies me.
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They should be completely banned when EVERY race stops segregating themselves. Such as religous schools and all black. If ppl put more thought into the discrimination they bring to themselves we wouldn't live in a society that has as many barriers as this. And no, I am not racist.
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so if the program was completely filled with only indians, would you find this discrimination against other races? what if it was only white people, would it make a difference? my best guess at quota systems is that they are designed to prevent racial monopoly. ie all white schools have to let in other racial groups. the whole thing is racism regardless of fairness. no race should create a monopoly in any resource and then block out other races from having equal oppurtunity.  maybe this is not happening in your situation, then im sorry if your being discriminated against
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haven't you realised it yet we live in a nanny state run by left wing zealots.just goes to show there's no freedom of speech if your white working class in this country.my daughters school has the same problem its like  league of nations.recently had a school trip cancelled because of to many foreigners ,i enquired why was cancelled and was told the funds had been diverted to help pay for a language teacher for the Somalian kids there.f u  c k i n g disgrace,
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equal rights/affirmative action while noble in thought are actually divisive in that there is one side that gets screwed over the other.  It is a joke and I can't believe that there are still occurances from what you described.  I really feel for you man.  hope your luck changes.
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"Whats wrong with Americas schools?"\n\nI think they have stopped teaching the apostrophe and proper grammar. Not to mention geography.
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Boy...MANY people missed the point of the question. The calendars were different because the black children had to miss more school to help their parents in the field during harvesting season....Sheesh...read, people!
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Looked it up on line - seems like a rambling repetitive tirade.  Congratulations to you if you read the whole thing, I gave up after 30 lines or so.  There are a few words that some people feel are offensive.  There comes a time in peoples' lives where they have to get used to seeing and hearing them, even if they don't like it.  Should a teacher force a student who is uncomfortable with the words to read them out loud in front of the class?  No.  Should a fourth grade teacher assign it?  No.  Should a teacher downgrade a student if the student says "I read it and it's too bad the poet couldn't get his point across without cursing?"  No.  What happened: did a parent complain that his child was forced to read it?  A parent of a public school child should have that right.  And I accuse the poet of rambling!
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8:00 pm east coast, history channel. Maybe some people can learn a bit of truth about this holiday. Native Americans have gotten the crappy end of the stick more than any other race of people in America. If more people really knew their history, not the crap they teach about feel good history, they wouldn't write the kind of responses I have read. I guess it applies to all forums on here. Some people wouldn't believe the truth even if it was smacking them in the face. Demonize it, then kill it or pass a law to control it. Worked then, works now.
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*sigh* Ok two things......\n\nWe wonder why middle Easterners don't have an accurate impression of Americans, and then we do this? Hmmmmm. Maybe they DO have an accurate impression afterall. \n\nSecondly, at least when we build something mammoth locally, it is put up for referendum. Did our lovely Senate give the go ahead for this?? \n\nAll of a sudden I feel I lost my voice. \n\n(p.s. I had no idea you were a teacher! Dang....do your students roll their eyes at your puns as much as mine do? haha)
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I dunno. I have lived in the south for 38 years, being born and raised in central N.C., in a little town called Faith, N.C.. That little town was/is home to some of the nation's most powerful klansmen, and to this day has never had a single black resident. While it's true, they do have what some would consider conservative values, to call one a republican is a MAJOR insult. They are democrats. And proud of it. Go figure. I personally think it has a lot to do with the fact the Lincoln was a Republican, and they don't want to be associated with his political party. I'm constantly picked on my these old men, because I call them oxymorons. Only I'm smart enough to only do it in jest. I ain't going out of my way to offend anyone who can ghost my ass on a whim. But I remember at the age of 16, I had a broken antennae on my AMX, and one of the old guys told me my "ariel went republican on me". That's their way of thinking. When something is broken, it's gone republican.