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Originally Posted by Xaccers
Not sure how that line can have anything to do with not having to pay for college courses at 16.
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You may well get exactly what you pay for.
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Colleges are more than happy to welcome people who have totally failed all of their GCSE's and wish to re-take them, from scratch.
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(I'd point out that the original post was actually about the US, not the UK and I don't know what the US system is like)
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So if you went to a crap school (although in my experience, even with crap schools, its the pupils that don't want to learn that are the ones that come out with nothing,
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I don't deny that. However there is plenty of racism present in society that *makes* some black children not want to (or care about) learning.
If you've been harassed by the Police because, being young and black, you're the type "most likely to commit crime" and live in a deprived area and have probably already learned that it's "easier" to get money from stealing mobile phones, stereos and videos than having to work for it, there's a distinct lack of motivation.
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What about the other people at the same school who got the same crappy education but went on to college, or got a job?
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Or are now maybe stacking shelves in Tescos or frying burgers in McDs or are on the New Deal cheap labour for businesses scheme or doing something tedious and worthless for the minimum wage...
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Are the disadvantages of inner city schools due to racism?
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In some areas, I think, most likely, yes.