tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1694026809022095167.post4961833640036864748..comments2023-10-24T04:47:49.032-04:00Comments on Progressive Soup: Guest Post by Joanna: Controversy Erupts In North Carolina Over School BusingMalcolmhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02065814455731328574noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1694026809022095167.post-13626437221021508352010-08-04T12:12:24.538-04:002010-08-04T12:12:24.538-04:00All because little Becky's parents are afraid ...All because little Becky's parents are afraid she is going to bring Hakim home for dinner some day. That is really what it is all about.Joannahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15409225119134162318noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1694026809022095167.post-74850839773957434632010-08-04T12:08:30.529-04:002010-08-04T12:08:30.529-04:00It's a shame that the Wake County BOE has forg...It's a shame that the Wake County BOE has forgotten a cardinal rule in life: If it ain't broke, don't fix it. I had a friend who taught in a Detroit public school and she used to tell me about the deplorable conditions, apathy on the part of students/other teachers, etc. Wake County will likely face a fate similar to Detroit and other places if the BOE ends the busing program.Malcolmhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02065814455731328574noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1694026809022095167.post-28557744734548307352010-07-30T20:54:27.970-04:002010-07-30T20:54:27.970-04:00Dave- the whole idea of "community based scho...Dave- the whole idea of "community based schools" seems to be code word for "segregated schools". I believe that the school budget should also not be tied into local property taxes, because that also leads to inequality in funding, which of course leads to inequality in educational quality.Joannahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15409225119134162318noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1694026809022095167.post-39866703258404568732010-07-30T12:16:38.576-04:002010-07-30T12:16:38.576-04:00As usual, I preface my comments with a disclaimer ...As usual, I preface my comments with a disclaimer that I am a white, middle-aged male that leans to the right on several major issues. This is not one of them. It seems blatantly racist to split the kids up like this and also sets race relations back several decades. How do they think that this would go unnoticed? Kids have a hard enough time the way it is. Why mess with them even more by imposing racism into them from the get-go? This is just one of many reasons that my wife and I choose to homeschool.Dave Vacileknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1694026809022095167.post-65481937216304742922010-07-28T21:18:44.918-04:002010-07-28T21:18:44.918-04:00No one wants to talk about busing? About school is...No one wants to talk about busing? About school issues? About the crappy society that we live in that cares so little about Black and Hispanic kids that the only way they can get an adequate education in many cases is to go to school miles and miles away from home with white kids?Joannahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15409225119134162318noreply@blogger.com