Comments on: The Possible and the Probable Part 2: Urban Education http://www.uptownnotes.com/the-possible-and-the-probable-part-2-urban-education/ The Keyboard's Mightier than the Sword Tue, 17 Jan 2012 21:31:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: The McCoyMom http://www.uptownnotes.com/the-possible-and-the-probable-part-2-urban-education/comment-page-1/#comment-2123 The McCoyMom Thu, 28 Jan 2010 01:21:50 +0000 http://www.uptownnotes.com/?p=1411#comment-2123 This isn't pessimism, it's reality - and beautifully articulated. I was told by a wise woman when I was very young and naive that if the NYC education system was reconstructed to properly educate our children, who would be left to push the garment trucks downtown? I'm not sure what the modern equivalent is - maybe who would be left to fill our prisons? Ensuring miseducation has a very real purpose social and economic purpose. Now that's pessimism. This isn't pessimism, it's reality – and beautifully articulated. I was told by a wise woman when I was very young and naive that if the NYC education system was reconstructed to properly educate our children, who would be left to push the garment trucks downtown? I'm not sure what the modern equivalent is – maybe who would be left to fill our prisons? Ensuring miseducation has a very real purpose social and economic purpose. Now that's pessimism.

]]> By: The McCoyMom http://www.uptownnotes.com/the-possible-and-the-probable-part-2-urban-education/comment-page-1/#comment-1963 The McCoyMom Wed, 27 Jan 2010 18:21:50 +0000 http://www.uptownnotes.com/?p=1411#comment-1963 This isn't pessimism, it's reality - and beautifully articulated. I was told by a wise woman when I was very young and naive that if the NYC education system was reconstructed to properly educate our children, who would be left to push the garment trucks downtown? I'm not sure what the modern equivalent is - maybe who would be left to fill our prisons? Ensuring miseducation has a very real purpose social and economic purpose. Now that's pessimism. This isn't pessimism, it's reality – and beautifully articulated. I was told by a wise woman when I was very young and naive that if the NYC education system was reconstructed to properly educate our children, who would be left to push the garment trucks downtown? I'm not sure what the modern equivalent is – maybe who would be left to fill our prisons? Ensuring miseducation has a very real purpose social and economic purpose. Now that's pessimism.

]]> By: madonna http://www.uptownnotes.com/the-possible-and-the-probable-part-2-urban-education/comment-page-1/#comment-1922 madonna Fri, 15 Jan 2010 14:14:38 +0000 http://www.uptownnotes.com/?p=1411#comment-1922 hey dumi, i have to say, based on my own experiences and observations in the nyc public school system, you are so completely on point. hey dumi, i have to say, based on my own experiences and observations in the nyc public school system, you are so completely on point.

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