tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9068143.post8606542372240120192..comments2024-03-23T21:43:49.058-04:00Comments on A Bad Idea Poorly Executed: The School CasesAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10517671984531145034noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9068143.post-88908100624641035322007-07-02T21:14:00.000-04:002007-07-02T21:14:00.000-04:00I have to agree. I only wonder whether this is a ...I have to agree. I only wonder whether this is a step in the direction of socioeconomic categories for school admissions rather than race-based ones. Of course no one will be fully satisfied with that, either...Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10517671984531145034noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9068143.post-63416200820708217212007-07-02T20:38:00.000-04:002007-07-02T20:38:00.000-04:00Why do I always like these posts? I wondered why ...Why do I always like these posts? I wondered why they merely use race as a determining factor. I thought that household income or classroom ability might be a better determining factor. I was talking to one of the guys at work about this, he's Hispanic. He was all for the decision. I mentioned a senior photo taken of my entire graduating high school class. I showed it at college and some friends commented on the segregated nature of it. It was the first time I had noticed that. Every time I saw it, I saw the lines separating the college prep, standard, and remedial groups. And undoubtedly income created it's own lines of separation. I remember thinking, "But that black girl in the middle of the white students was in our AP calculus and advanced physics classes, and that white girl in the the middle of the black students was dating that guy in her senior algebra class." Yes race may be the easiest to see but it may not be the most telling metric. The guy at work said you don't see those separations in his home because everyone looks alike, but in large gatherings if you look at the people's clothes you can tell they separate naturally by income. That's probably because they sit by who they know or who they feel similar to. Desegregation is a noble goal, but race is only one form of segregation. If we focus on one, many of the others may fall through the cracks. Here's hoping it leads to students being exposed to a better representation of the population.uuqLucky Bobhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05398684165276208390noreply@blogger.com