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Join the Conversation: 50/50 Roundtable Live Blog
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Friday, we're wrapping up our 50/50: The Odds of Graduating series with a roundtable with students and administrators.
Sign up to join the conversation! Series reporters Julia McEvoy and Natalie Moore will be on the blog to answer your questions about Robeson High School, and the students they followed.
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Luke, South Shore // Thursday, June 11, 2009 @ 6:24 PM
My problem with the Series 50/50 is that it is 90% negative. By that I mean the bulk of the stories highlight academic failure. What about the fifty percent that are succeeding? I am a proud product of the Chicago Public School System; and an Ivy League educated lawyer. I am also an African American Male.
This country cannot seem to get enough of African Americans in the media speaking with a southern accent in broken English. The series focuses on Robeson High School and its under performing students. A recent episode visited Whitney Young High School. Whitney Young has a large African-American base from Chicago’s Southside. Whitney is one of the nation’s best high schools. Simply put too often we accent the negative. Why not emphasize the excellence of Whitney and its alums; including Michelle Obama? She by the way is an Ivy League educated lawyer.
Try this on for size. Watch an evening of nightly television. Listen to a radio news update. If there is news from the south side, they are covering a shooting. How is it possible that the President of the United States saw fit to raise his family in Hyde Park on the south side but the only coverage is always “…if it bleeds it leads…” The problem with the 50/50 series is that it is ninety percent 90% negative. Ya Diggg????
Query: When was the last time you heard a white male speaking in an accent, butchering the English language…? (Aside from DA Mayor)
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Dakota Pawlicki, Little Village // Friday, June 12, 2009 @ 9:44 AM
As a teacher, I would like to add two simple ideas that would at the least, set us on the track to improving these issues.
1. All parties must stop pointing fingers. With teachers, administration, students, parents, community organizations and all others that are involved in educating our nation's students busy placing blame, no action is ever taken. We have a massive bystander effect happening in every school regardless of location.
2. We must prepare our teachers and administrators to be more prepared prior to entering the field. I am a Golden Apple Scholar and a UNITE (Urban Needs In Teacher Education) honored member allowing me to better serve my students and their families. I have more resources available to me as a teacher due to my own pursuit of education. All teachers should push to accept this mentality.
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