Comments on: America, So silent when it comes to Improving Education…

By: LittleBlackVillage

LittleBlackVillage — Sat, 01 Oct 2011 14:15:45 +0000

Ryan Winston I wish you the best and thank you for choosing to be an educator of our children. As far as education on a whole, I think Bill Cosby said it best. African Americans need to really first start working within their own homes, neighborhoods, communities and cities to make a change for the better. We cannot continue to depend on people from DC to improve our educational system alone. We have to take active parts in our children’s schools and active roles in our communities. This is the only way that we are going to see real change. We need to stop depending on people so far removed from our situations. We have to first start within our own communities and move on up from there. Home schooling is one way but then our kids may not get the benefit of experience social skills.

By: Ryan Winston

Ryan Winston — Tue, 27 Sep 2011 20:16:28 +0000

I agree with your sentiment regarding wealthy “black” people. There are plenty of wealthy african-americans that do not subscribe to the “ghetto” culture. It saddens me that there are people out there who believe that you must belong to the subgroups you referenced, in order to be wealthy. The opportunity is out there, and African-Americans are absolutely as capable as any other ethnic group to succeed and make something of themselves. I’m currently working towards my Master’s of Education online at CU-Portland and as a future teacher, I hope to instill in all my students that success is color-blind.

By: hoodgirl

hoodgirl — Mon, 26 Sep 2011 22:21:03 +0000

Never bet against America! This is the land of the opportunity where ANYONE can prosper. Too much emphasis is placed on education when it isn’t even the key to success, KNOWLEDGE is, which anyone can attain by simply applying themselves!

My husband and I had this debate when we first met almost twenty years ago being recruited by a Fortune 500 company. He’s from West Africa where emphasis is placed on education to achieve success and I’m from America where emphasis is placed on hard work and the sky is the limit.

After interacting with people from all walks of life, what we both witnessed first hand was that those who were entrepreneurs with only an eighth grade education were hands down far more successful than those with formal education ie. CPAs, College Professors, Engineers, etc.

What’s even more revealing is that these entrepreneurs with only an eighth grade education are still building wealth hand over fist despite the financial meltdown in the global economy!

By: Dell Gines

Dell Gines — Mon, 26 Sep 2011 14:22:40 +0000

I am with you author!

By: Arby

Arby — Sun, 25 Sep 2011 13:25:09 +0000

Homeschoolers do not homeschool because it is white or black, left or right, Democratic or Republican. Regardless of what the GOP may or may not say during a debate, homeschoolers teach their children at home because they know that they can do a better job of educating their children than can our average public schools. During the last decade, multiple study results support the claim that homeschooling works! Rather than waiting for government to fix education, consider fixing it yourself. Homeschool your children.