tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8611810694571930415.post4436623273601349870..comments2024-03-29T05:18:26.681-04:00Comments on the daily howler: GAPS AND PLANS: The editors address "the best schools!" <b>bob somerby</b>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02963464534685954436noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8611810694571930415.post-56188410872612693832018-06-27T09:57:48.977-04:002018-06-27T09:57:48.977-04:00Welcome to AVANT LOANS, Do you need a genuine loan...Welcome to AVANT LOANS, Do you need a genuine loan Online to secure your Bills? Starts a new business? Do you need a personal loan? or Business loan, Apply for a quick and convenient loan to start a new financing of your projects at a cheapest interest rate of 2%. Are you in need of a Loan of any amount? Has the bank or Payday Loan Company refused your Loan Application because of your Low Credit Scores or Lack of Collateral Security? and you are in an urgent need of this Personal Or Business Loan to re-finance your business, pay your bills, settle your bad credit problems, buy and own a house of your own? etc. CONTACT US NOW VIA EMAIL:....{ avantloan@yahoo.com }<br /><br /> Avant Loans is the first lending platform to leverage artificial intelligence and machine learning to price credit and automate the borrowing process. Avant has demonstrated strong credit performance and maintains one of the industry’s highest consumer ratings according to leading consumer review sites. Apply for any kind of loan and any amount of your choice today by reaching us through email: { avantloan@yahoo.com }<br /><br /> Avant Loans believe Everyone deserves a better financial future if they strive for it. We’ve built a marketplace that keeps costs low and opportunity high.<br /><br /> You can also reach us via our website but for instant reply fill in the application form below and forward to our email address { avantloan@yahoo.com }<br /><br />* Full Name:<br />* Loan amount needed:<br />* Loan Duration:<br />* Purpose of loan:<br />* City / Country:<br />* Telephone no:<br />* How Did You Hear About Us:<br /><br /> Genuinely Interested to get a loan then kindly email us { avantloan@yahoo.com } with the loan requirement above. <br /><br /> Sincerely yours,<br />Etienne L. Audrey<br />Company: Avant Loans<br />Contact: avantloan@yahoo.com<br />Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08258307163427835447noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8611810694571930415.post-92232754004432829022018-06-26T20:43:08.984-04:002018-06-26T20:43:08.984-04:00The point of integrating the so-called best school...<i>The point of integrating the so-called best schools is to enable kids in the remaining schools to have a chance to attend them. </i><br /><br />Huh? NYC kids of all races and from all schools are already able to attend these special schools.David in Calhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09068188536758619565noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8611810694571930415.post-60082892746814661522018-06-26T17:11:32.450-04:002018-06-26T17:11:32.450-04:00I find this line interesting
"a real pathway...I find this line interesting<br /><br />"a real pathway out of the working class for many families"<br /><br />So the unstated point is<br /><br />1. it sucks to be working class in America<br />2. it is unfair that a higher percentage of non-whites do not get the opportunity to escape the working class (and thereby have a decent life)<br /><br />Thus, we the compassionate liberals have already accepted the fact, I guess, that life for most people is gonna suck. We just want to make sure it sucks for the same percentage of whites as it does for non-whites.Dr. Tnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8611810694571930415.post-79685840024460628372018-06-26T13:56:02.277-04:002018-06-26T13:56:02.277-04:00What is Somerby's point about the gaps?
Does ...What is Somerby's point about the gaps?<br /><br />Does he really think the gap must be addressed to the exclusion of anything else (such as desegregation of special schools)?<br /><br />Does he think reporters are uninterested in children's education? Does he even know how journalism works? For example, does he know the difference between sociology and current events?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8611810694571930415.post-75722753702786044762018-06-26T13:53:44.486-04:002018-06-26T13:53:44.486-04:00Somerby pretends to be a liberal while spouting th...Somerby pretends to be a liberal while spouting the conservative talking points of each day and defending scoundrels. <br /><br />I think it is you who misunderstands his purpose here.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8611810694571930415.post-85623686016679823932018-06-26T12:43:19.793-04:002018-06-26T12:43:19.793-04:00"So I just don't see what has motivated S..."So I just don't see what has motivated Somerby...."<br /><br />This is because you are clueless and more intent with finding fault with anything Somerby says, despite the fact that you so completely misunderstand his purpose here.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8611810694571930415.post-35383897118860292632018-06-26T11:15:29.299-04:002018-06-26T11:15:29.299-04:00"Kids in the other schools can just go hang i..."Kids in the other schools can just go hang in the yard! This is very much who and what we modern liberals are."<br /><br />The point of integrating the so-called best schools is to enable kids in the remaining schools to have a chance to attend them. How is that letting them hang in the yard?<br /><br />I find it disgusting that Somerby uses a term like "hang in the yard" to refer to kids who are black and Hispanic. It is a reference to lynching. But Somerby has been getting pretty crude in his old age.<br /><br />I would like to see some evidence that the gaps that exist between test scores of white and black students are caused by educational neglect. Since those gaps exist in the earliest tests and close slightly with increased age, it seems to me the schools are addressing the gaps. It also seems to me that they exist from kindergarten, a point at which kids have been unaffected by the public schools. How then are the schools responsible for the gaps?<br /><br />It would be nice to have some sort of magic that could improve performance of all kids. But Somerby never explicitly states what the schools are doing wrong, nor does he suggest what else they should do. He only criticizes whatever steps are being done. This one, for example.<br /><br />Desegregation of schools is a good idea for social reasons, for reasons related to our aspirations as a democracy with equality of opportunity for all. Even if this is a largely symbolic gesture, it seems like a good idea. <br /><br />Somerby pretends he is opposed to the NY Times taking a position and using its pages to influence readers. But is there any truly neutral way to write about anything? Is there any reason a newspaper shouldn't write editorials (opinion pieces) taking a position?<br /><br />So I just don't see what has motivated Somerby to harp on this single issue for days now. And I don't see what he has against Hispanic and black kids having greater opportunities in District 3. It isn't as if kids are being mandated to attend any schools.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com