Freddogg Off The Chain

The irony and agony of No Child Left Behind legislation is that more middle class kids than ever are bolting public education because their parents don’t want them socializing with anyone who can’t nail down a 3 on a 5 point scale on some test constructed by some nerd in a room somewhere.
And I’ll tell you something else, in spite of a parent’s money if they are analytical blockheads then so is the kid 95 percent of the time.
Separate but Equal public schools have bounced all the way back in urban American and those kids are not left behind but rather lost forever and in most cases unsalvageable.
Why am I thinking about this? Because in my world as “Big Loser Guy” sports reporter I am running into concerned parents who are taking the first opportunity to “choice away” from public school and in a sense it makes me mad although it is none of my business but something distasteful is happening but no one will talk about.
Cultural diversity it’s called in polite conversation, kids of color is another buzz word, but white flight is in plain sight as social groups move and maneuver to avoid other social groups.
The “Urban Left Behinds” may exhibit a lot of loud and distasteful behaviors in the high school classroom and hallways but they ain’t stupid and no matter what whitey tells them “nothing racist going on here” they know their role in society is to break laws use an excess of drugs and alcohol and take no responsibility for their actions because if they do they will be the only ones who care.
Freddogg