I wrote this for another site of mine a few days ago and want to know what you guys think about this:
I remember when I was much younger and in high school. I didn\'t get very good grades when I was there. I also didn\'t care if I got bad grades, becuase I just knew I wasn\'t going to college, and had no clue what I was going to do after I graduated. See, the thing is, I didn\'t really think I belonged in school. I didn\'t think I belonged in college. I thought that kind of thing was for white people.
Why whould I think this? It certainly isn\'t that logical to me, as I reflect back on those feelings/thoughts. Where could I have gotten that perspective from? Well, I think I got it from my family and my mom and other people in the neighborhood I grew up in. The thing is, when my mom was young, school LITERALLY WAS for white people.
I can imagine it being hard for parents to have gone through that kind of thing to have much faith in the educational system. Perhaps that\'s one of the reasons that the black community as a whole puts so little stock in eduation. How does one usually deal with something that is clearly out of reach for them? Well, they tend to adapt to it, and leave it out of their sights after a while. I think this has a lot to do with the fact that many people I have met, including myself \"back in the day\" don\'t put much stock in education.
I mean, if people thought education was important, they would surely do better. I think this answer the question \"why don\'t the people that go to these schools care about education?\".
I remember when I was much younger and in high school. I didn\'t get very good grades when I was there. I also didn\'t care if I got bad grades, becuase I just knew I wasn\'t going to college, and had no clue what I was going to do after I graduated. See, the thing is, I didn\'t really think I belonged in school. I didn\'t think I belonged in college. I thought that kind of thing was for white people.
Why whould I think this? It certainly isn\'t that logical to me, as I reflect back on those feelings/thoughts. Where could I have gotten that perspective from? Well, I think I got it from my family and my mom and other people in the neighborhood I grew up in. The thing is, when my mom was young, school LITERALLY WAS for white people.
I can imagine it being hard for parents to have gone through that kind of thing to have much faith in the educational system. Perhaps that\'s one of the reasons that the black community as a whole puts so little stock in eduation. How does one usually deal with something that is clearly out of reach for them? Well, they tend to adapt to it, and leave it out of their sights after a while. I think this has a lot to do with the fact that many people I have met, including myself \"back in the day\" don\'t put much stock in education.
I mean, if people thought education was important, they would surely do better. I think this answer the question \"why don\'t the people that go to these schools care about education?\".
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