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Submitted by Stanley Reiley, Aug 28, 2007 16:17

With the wave of immigration from third-world nations, there just some cultures which do not place an emphasis towards education. Take, for example, the Mayor of Los Angeles, Antonio Villarigossa, who said openly "We clean your toilets!" Obviously, how can a political leader who emphasizes achievement by comparing it to menial labor, hope to encourage students to achieve academically. The same holds true to Mayor Bloomberg's giving money to ambivilent parents cash incentives to do what parents are supposed to do. This atmosphere of mediocrity is a far cry from the European immigrants who came to this country in the early Twentieth Century, who did whatever was necessary to get their children educated!

Suffice it to say that the "graduates" of today's New York City public school system will be cleaning my childrens' toilets. Either that, or they will be populating the jail and prison systems.

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I too agree that the fact that Third World immagrants who are inundating the school system do not add value... [MORE]	Urbana	Sep 19, 2007 11:41
With the wave of immigration from third-world nations, there just some cultures which do not place an emphasis towards education....	Stanley Reiley	Aug 28, 2007 16:17
There is no way to improve the reading and math scores of New York City public schools unless and until... [MORE]	Wendell Livosi	Aug 28, 2007 15:38
Home is where education begins, where support is sustained. [MORE]	Daniel	Aug 28, 2007 14:19
Part of the decline must be related to the increasingly limited scope of instructional curriculum. Teachers focus on preparing students to... [MORE]	Ken	Aug 28, 2007 12:06
If a high level of the students taking entry-level courses are unable to pass them, it is obvious that the... [MORE]	tom	Aug 28, 2007 11:44
So why the concren that the standards are higher than the AVERAGE? A college education is not an entitlement -... [MORE]	BobH	Aug 28, 2007 11:38
With the inclusion of the essay in 2005, the top score for th SAT is now 2400, not 1600 -... [MORE]	A. Cobb	Aug 28, 2007 14:12

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