06-28-2016, 12:51 PM
(06-28-2016, 12:06 PM)BmorePat87 Wrote: No, the students I have of color who struggle are struggling due to a lack of support at home, deficits in skills/knowledge that have built up over the years, and a general apathetic attitude towards education. Things you see with populations living in poverty.
Being told that doing well in school is "acting white" isn't anything I have ever seen and trying to live on the streets isn't a goal of most of these kids.
Thank God !
This was something that a friend of mine from Detroit had told me about.
He immigrated from Nigeria and got a lot of flack.
I suppose it could have been more about being an immigrant.
