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Old 11-15-2007, 12:04 PM   #24
piercehawkeye45
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Originally Posted by rkzenrage View Post
In poor white only schools they have problems with drop-out rates as well... it is about the culture not the tone of their skin.
Yes, but what if black students drop out for a combination of the overall poor culture and a rejection of euro-centric material? If this could help a little it might have some potential.

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How about separate bathrooms and pride fountains?
Would that help too?
Now that is a strawman....

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Originally Posted by monster
What sort of things? My kids go to a magnet school and it rocks.
I'm not exactly sure but I have a friend that went to a magnet school and he absolutely hated it. He may have just gone to a really bad one too. I'll ask him more about it if you want?
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