I Believe The Children Are Our Future
L.A. just got a new education Superintendent, former navy admiral, David L. Brewer III. I wish him luck.
I just heard him on the radio. Maybe I misunderstood, but he seemed to be saying diversity was important in education because our kids will enter the workforce and have to deal with others.
Are we so different that we can't work together unless we go to school with people of other races and ethnicities? I would think treating fellow workers with basic respect and professionalism would handle most situations.
On the other hand, teaching children things like writing and math, that should help them quite a bit.
posted by LAGuy @ 12:57 AM
1 Comments:
Diversity- meaning simply people from diverse backgrounds-is a simple fact not a "value" and it just confuses things to speak as if "diversity" is some good (or bad) thing in and of itself. Going to school with people from other cultures, or different racial, ethnic or socio-economic backgrounds does have the possibility of allowing people adopt better to a diverse environment in the future on the other hand schools full of diverse folks can also be the breeding ground for lifelong hatreds and stereotypes.
(Hey --Didn't the Socs and Greasers go to school together? )
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