what is your opinion on diversity and education?
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EDUCATION IS VERY GOOD AND MORE PEOPLE SHOULD HAVE MORE OF IT.\n\nI HAVE NOTHING WRONG WITH DIVERSITY AS LONG IT IS DONE IN MODERATION.\n \nI DO HAVE A PROBLEM WHEN PEOPLE PUSH IT ON MY LIKE A TIDAL WAVE. THEN IT DIVERSITY IS JUST ANOTHER WAY THE PC(POLITICAL COERRCTNESS) PEOPLE ARE TAKING AWAY OUR FREEDOM.
440574
shouldn't the whole point of "Diversity Day" be to hear about people from diverse backgrounds?\n\nit seems bizzar to exclude a certain group from such an event to me\n\nI dont think the school should have wanted to exclude anyone in the first place, a school should be a place where you can learn about the world without bias
925551
I'm black and I say we are people too. Yes there are some black people that commit crimes, but there are people like that in other races too. I feel trully honored to be a young black woman in the world today. I'm proud about my race and heritage. But the one thing I can not stand, about some people of my own race is that the ones that don't use their education call the ones that do use theirs, acting white. I don't see how wanting to better yourself and secure your future is acting white. I mean I think more education anyone has should make them better off in the world. Because you can get great jobs and be able to take care of your family. So that is one of the things that I don't like about my own race. Another thing I can't stand is the fact that some people of my race seek out reasons and ways things are racist. I say if you go looking for it you will always get smacked in the face with it. I think a few of those people are being even more racist, because you are searching for reasons for someone to hate on you. I say everyone in the black community and myself included should just go and live life, if you are held back in one area find another arena to get involved in. But don't give up at all. Just keep striving forward more than ever before. But thats just how I see things.
855737
The educational system in the United States has gone down hill since the 1960’s when the emphasis shifted from Reading, Writing, Arithmetic, Science and History to socialization and political correctness. It also has to do with the Federal Government taking the power away from local school boards. The government changed the focus from education to integration and I am definitely not against equal rights and opportunities for all races of people. \n\nDo all children in America need to be taught the same things? I think not. Schools were better run by local boards that could take action quicker without going through a hundred levels of Federal bureaucracy. Most schools in America today are more concerned about students sitting quietly than they are in the education of our children. The education level of children graduating from high school today is a national embarrassment. We should all be ashamed for what we have let happen to our schools. The best way to correct this is to give control back to the communities. Maybe there should be some minimum standards of performance, but that should be the extent of it. Does the Federal government really belong in the class room? That is the real question the country needs to take a hard look at.
698419
Excellent!\n\nPeople are all for special perks and programs until it directly effects them in a negative way.\n\nHere's how you explain it to the young college crowd: How about if we take the average grade for the class and give that to everyone regardless of whether or not they studied, did their homework, or even showed up for class? Then, black and Hispanic students get a 10% bonus for simply being black. Do you think that's fair?\n\nI haven't heard one logical argument from any one of them.
446398
Great question.  The fact is that girl do far better in single-gender classes and boys do better in mixed gender ones.  Here's where it gets weird - blacks do better in mixed race classes but whites do better in single-race ones.\n\nSo, is there any way to have equality of education that is actualy the same as equality of opportunity?  It would seem not.  In order for boys to get a better education, girls have to get a worse one.  One of these groups is going to lose.\n\nPutting it in the parents' hands (letting them choose mixed or single sex classes) doesn't really help because any appropriately informed parents will choose the one that gives their children the best education and we're back where we started.\n\nAt the very least, mixed gender classes expose our children to more realistic social experiences.  Does that offset the fact that our girls will not learn math as well?  Beats hell out of me.
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i think co-ed schools give you a more rounded education.\nschool prepares students for the workforce - which is always co-ed (cept maybe if you work at hooters or something ...)\nstudents need to learn how to socialize and create relationships with the opposite sex while also learning about expectations of both males and females. i don't think students can do this at a single sex school.\nall of my college friends who went to single sex high schools are seriously lacking in opposite-sex relationships and understanding of that sex.
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Students are people. Short, inexperienced people, but people nonetheless. Regardless of disability, ethnicicty, family income, etc. all people have the right to an education that prepares them to become functioning adults (Free Appropriate Education/FAPE, and Zero Reject).\n\nSpecial Education is the way that our education system recognizes that some people learn differently than others, and so differently that they need different programming than the "average" learner. Therefore the variety of research-based instructional approaches accessed by highly trained special education teachers and therapists. Therefore the Individualized Educational Plan/Program (IEP).\n\nThis is all about the difference between "equal" and "equitable." Equal access to the general education program does not allow for differences in learning styles and needs. Equitable access involves creating programming and environments that help the person use their learning strengths to learn as much as they potentially can (just like the general education environment does for "average" people). Therefore Least Restrictive Environment and the continuum of services.\n\nStudents are people. Therefore, when they walk into my classroom, I treat them like people... We search for their strengths, their goals, their dreams, and the only language forbidden in my room (besides cursing) are the phrases "That's easy" when looking at someone else's work (don't judge someone else's needs, but focus on your own), and "I Can't" (you need more time, more explanation, etc... but You Can!).
487425
Diversity = lots of different things all at the same place and time.  It has become a loaded word in our society, because the US is home to a lot of different types of people sharing the same resources.  However, it can also mean biological diversity in the environment (many different species of plants and animals), or a diverse menu at a restaurant (many different meals offered at the same place).
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Okay, as far as each group being able to have its own board members, okay.\n\nIt's better than bussing children miles away to school, when there is one down the block from them.\n\nIt would be a good idea if there is a lot of racially motivated fights in a particular school.\n\nBUT--isn't this taking a step backward?  Isn't it telling our children that they are all "different," instead of instilling the information that "we are all the same?"\n\nCould it make racial relations in the future even worse?\n\nThere's a lot to think about here.  The most important being our children and our world.
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I'm going to jump on the band-wagon, choose the political answer and say...YES. =P lol. I'm only kidding I do actually think it's better.\n\n"Why?" you ask.\n\nWithout diversity we would have too many problems. The United Nations would be less likely to succeed. Because somebody somewhere still thought that other cultures were inferior to there own. Now I'm not saying that some cultures don't think like that. I'm just saying that without some form of diversity it would be worse. Not conscientiously wanting to, there would be stronger prejudices, due to lack of understanding. \n\nAs a diverse nation, we can experience many different sub-cultures while maintaing one main culture. It's wonderful because we have representatives from many parts of the world. Progress would be slower if it weren't for diversity. Many different kinds of people help to form new ideas. It is only because of diversity that some things have even come about. \n\nOf course prejudices will always "be". But hopefully most people will realize that we are all just people and we “can” work together through this thing called life.
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smart people, minorities, &  athletes\n\nPS cutiepy983 - thats a grant, not a scholorship
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Diversity, please!!! God help us if one group imposes it's will on everyone else; that's totalitarianism Dude, like Russia or China used to be like! Or even worse, like Iran, Saudi Arabia; or North Korea is today! Yikes!!!
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Actually, I think they have the best of opportunity.  They have more federal funding, scholorships and such available due to being a minority.  Racism is not as big of a thing anymore.  People who dwell of racism are those who create it by complaining about something that happened so long ago it isn't even funny.  Its like me going into a party and bitching about the hostess serving peanutbutter when she knows I am allergic and claiming that she is not considering me and then wondering why everyone in there thinks I am a whinner.  \n\nIf you seperate yourself by complaining and coming up with new ideas to seperate yourself (colleges, clubs, scholorships, TV stations, etc for only minorities) then guess what?  You will be seperasted and treated different.  Its that simple.
755142
No. A better question is: Should there be "affirmative action" at all?" I say no.
727551
I feel that those who are against online schools have a very superficial view of the academia. Theres no negative undertones in what I have stated, but thats usually there problem.\n\nIn my opinion, a college education is a journey and no one should knows where they may end up until the they come to a crossroads (aka, any major problems along the way)\n\nLOL, to put it another way .... I wouldn't worry about what people have to say -- people do things differently. Everyone not going to agree but thats all apart of being human.\n\nHope that helps.
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Your question is confusing. do you mean raciality. if that is what you mean, I believe that we need to know that all people where created in the image of God. WE ARE ALL CREATED EQUAL. There should probably be more integration in the activities that the community does.  Also maybe school integration... again.