Teacher Tells Black Students ‘You Will Never Amount to Anything’

Teacher Tells Black Students ‘You Will Never Amount to Anything’

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  1. MarieBSeptember 27, 2012 at 12:36 AM

    Although the teacher was wrong, two things do pop in my head after reading the story... Would this be an issue if the words had come from a black teacher? Would he have been just "keeping it real" or "trying to save our kids with tough love?" And the second thing that comes to my mind... Working within the school system, I know first hand how frustrating it can be to teach some of these kids, especially at an urban school. It's just not the kids fault though... Many of the public schools in urban areas lack funding, books, and teachers. Therefore you have over crowded classes. You also have kids with a host of learning disabilities and mental issues which are not being properly cared for. Parents are also lacking in what they're suppose to do... I can go on and on. I am sure that those students are not as innocent as it seems. BUT the teacher handled it the wrong way, and the kids behavior probably brought out some underline hate that the teacher was already harvesting. After you see students cuss out teachers as well as try to fight them, you realize that the system as failed as a whole from parents to the school board.

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