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It would be incredibly bizarre and misleading to include an interview with a kid that didn't go to one of the failing schools the article is about. From the art
by daveFNbuck 9y ago
It would be incredibly bizarre and misleading to include an interview with a kid that didn't go to one of the failing schools the article is about. From the article:
> Warren is set to graduate this year from Frederick Douglass High School
A little later in the article Frederick Douglass High School is listed as one of the 6 failing schools.
- pmorici 9y agoAh, I'm getting my Baltimore stories confused I was thinking we were talking about the chess champion from Baltimore. The kid in this article is successful at sports not academics. Those tests aren't testing their athletic ability.
- daveFNbuck 9y agoHe is successful at sports to such a degree that his upbringing is clearly not a complete barrier to success. Yet none of the students at his high school are proficient in english or math. This indicates that it's probably not the students' fault.
- pmorici 9y agoI'm guessing if you went and talked with the parents and peers at those schools that they would place high value on athletics and low value on academics.