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**Damien** · 26-06-2007, 23:33

I think it isn’t that there are more options; it is a different time now than it was when a lot of people went to school. The needs of white boys differs little from those needs of boys from different ethnic backgrounds, so I do not think it is any racial policy designed to appeal to those kids while leaving everyone else behind.

I think it is simply that there is less motivation for these kids to pass; they think they will be fine and do not really think about their futures. By the time they do they are far to depressed/worried to think about it and ignore it. It could be a lack of good parenting, influence of friends, no real goals to aim from, living in relative wealth that the prospect of a good-paying job provides little motivation or they are poor but don’t see it changing? Also remember this is kind of misleading since you think it would be about colour but I think it's more likely to be the background from which these kids come from. Maybe the ethnic children come from families that place a much greater importance on hard work and achievements, also less broken families and more discipline?

Either way, like most things it will be a complex problem that has no quick fix.

26-06-2007, 23:33	#9
Damien Remoaner Cable Forum Team Join Date: Mar 2004 Posts: 32,896	Re: Poor white boys at the bottom of the educational pile I think it isn’t that there are more options; it is a different time now than it was when a lot of people went to school. The needs of white boys differs little from those needs of boys from different ethnic backgrounds, so I do not think it is any racial policy designed to appeal to those kids while leaving everyone else behind. I think it is simply that there is less motivation for these kids to pass; they think they will be fine and do not really think about their futures. By the time they do they are far to depressed/worried to think about it and ignore it. It could be a lack of good parenting, influence of friends, no real goals to aim from, living in relative wealth that the prospect of a good-paying job provides little motivation or they are poor but don’t see it changing? Also remember this is kind of misleading since you think it would be about colour but I think it's more likely to be the background from which these kids come from. Maybe the ethnic children come from families that place a much greater importance on hard work and achievements, also less broken families and more discipline? Either way, like most things it will be a complex problem that has no quick fix.