'Income Achievement Gap' Almost Double Black-White Performance Gap, Report Shows http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/..._1105783.html?utm_hp_ref=standardized-testing
My Best friend and I had a talk about this catch 22. You need money to get education and education to get money.
All this time..... I thought money was here to protect the ignorant. Do you really care what Huffington Post has to think??? It's the same old song & dance, that's is old news and packaged in a different way.
This ain't news but I will say this information is cheaper than ever before. If you want to learn stuff at this point all you need is a cheap laptop and a quiet place to study. Unfortunately minority communities are filled with too many knuckleheads sprinting towards that fast money that usually leads to death and jail.
Pretty much Libraries be empty in the hood It's like common sense tho that education leads to better pay on average The avg college grad was expected to earn twice as much as a non grad over their course of life
yeah, negroes think the shit is cool as hell too. i was watching gangland and dudes calling themselves soldiers and shit. im like damn you realllllly think its cool
But how do you put that on a resume? I was just talking about that the other day with someone. You can't exactly list "got my undergraduate degree studying at the library" under "Education" on your resume and expect to be hired. The only way to confirm your education and your ability to perform job duties is to have a degree.
tdk 0 Chesserbay 1 'uh yeah I spent most of my time in the library and read hundreds of books. Can I has job now?'
A better education can be achieved if you apply yourself and use the resources that are out there for you. I have seen your regular, low-medium income families send their kids to private high schools that are very prestigious and extremely expensive to invest in their children's educational experience. The great thing about those high tuition private schools is they award scholarships and monies to their students to move forward onto colleges and/or apply those monies towards their future tuition at that same school. The class sizes are small, the students come from all classes and ethnic backgrounds, and they learn so much from each other. By the time they finish HS, they have already grown and matured and experienced that independence of being on their own, they are very prepared for moving onto college. When my son was getting ready to graduate, I became overwhelmed with the whole college prep experience...writing letters and filling out applications, looking into loans, grants, and applying for scholarships. My take away from that experience was anything is possible, you just have to apply yourself, the kids need to fully invest their time and energy into seeking out all of the opportunities out there. They are definitely out there... Being a parent is damn difficult. Getting your kid to hear and understand what you are communicating to them is frustrating, trying to convince them to apply themselves in school to make good grades, participate in clubs and finding ways to be active in community service... whew!
