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Originally posted by darthfuster:
This is what happens when you rescue people from the consequences of their choices. I the only way to fix it is if we start letting people suffer

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Originally posted by ChuckWall:
As I always say: It's a lot more fun to make babies than to raise babies. Some people just get more "fun" out of their lives.

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Originally posted by Aeteocles:
A child's shoulders were not made to bear the burden of their parents' choices.

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Originally posted by Aeteocles:
A child's shoulders were not made to bear the burden of their parents' choices.

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Originally posted by adobesig:
Drug culture plain and simple.

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Originally posted by CPD SIG:
Way, way more to it than that.

Drugs --------------------------------------------> Root Cause = Government
Welfare ------------------------------------------> Root Cause = Government
Always the "victim", never the "offender-------> Root Cause = Government
"Where's my free shit!?" ------------------------> Root Cause = Government
ZERO self control --------------------------------> Root Cause = Multiple
ZERO accountability -----------------------------> Root Cause = Government
ZERO family structure ---------------------------> Root Cause = Government
ZERO self respect --------------------------------> Root Cause = Multiple

Then lather, rinse, repeat about every 16-19 years for the next generation or rocket surgeons to pop out of a well overused uterus.


Then people wonder why a crazy amount of crime and a riot or two in places like Baltimore.
It's a head scratcher!

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Originally posted by 1s1k:
How is that even possible. Just by showing up you should be able to get a 2.0 without even trying or a 1.0 without even doing a stitch of homework.

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Originally posted by HayesGreener:

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Originally posted by bigdeal:
Let's chase this back to the absolute beginning. Question #1...Where's dad? Didn't see him in the video did ya. Probably a good reason for that. Question # 2...Where's mom? Kid was out of school 359 days in four years and mom never knew that or that he hadn't passed anything the few times he did go to school?

This whole problem starts at the very beginning, which is a complete breakdown of the family in the black community. Government has not only encouraged that to happen, but it's actively promoted it. I know I sound like a broken record sometimes, but every single problem plaguing this country can be directly tied back to an utter failure of government. We have what we have today because that's exactly what government wants.

You are right on target. What you see here is the visible tip of the iceberg of a subculture of drugs, violence, lack of family structure, toxic values, and perceived racial victimization. We see the problem more clearly in schools and prisons because these things are measured and counted. I have interviewed a number of inmates doing life sentences, and common themes were no Dad, no skills, drugs, and illiteracy. Many inmates never learned to read until they got to prison. So called public assistance programs of various stripe often serve to enable the problem. Government programs seem to encourage single motherhood on a broad scale.

I recall answering calls about middle school children from the hood being attacked at the bus stop by their peers for bringing homework home. Apparently doing homework makes you an Uncle Tom. A subculture with those values provides no hope for these kids to get out of the hole they are in. Some single mothers like Dr. Ben Carson's mother lift their children from the depths by placing a strict premium on education, but far too many of these kids have no positive role model, no discipline, no positive father figure, no life skills, and no hope. We know what the forces are that are at work, but we do not speak about it publicly or address it in a meaningful way for fear of being labeled racist. So government just keeps pumping in the free shit and these kids are lost. The grist mill just keeps turning out one generation after another. It is sad and frustrating.

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Originally posted by Edmond:

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Originally posted by bigdeal:

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Originally posted by trapper189:
I really hope the mother is serious about not letting her son become a statistic and she starts a grassroots campaign to get parents to take responsibility for their childrens' education.

You're kidding right? Listen to mom in that video. Mom is a moron, and a "it ain't my fault" personality type. She's not going to do anything of value to change this dynamic. And junior, as the Youtube guy noted, is already a statistic. Don't send him back to 9th grade, just recognize he's a defective good, eject him from school and have him enlist in the Army. Maybe they can help him develop into something of value to himself and society as a whole.

I'm willing to bet that she has more than 1 kid and little junior here will have kids at a higher than average rate.

He doesn't need to join the Army. The Army doesn't "make" anyone anything they are not. I don't need Soldiers like him taking a majority of my time with disciplinary problems. The mentality of dumping society's problems into the military has to stop. The military can help bring out what is inside of someone. The taxpayers have wasted enough money, putting this kid into the military absolutely is not the answer.

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Originally posted by FiveFiveSixFan:

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Originally posted by darthfuster:
This is what happens when you rescue people from the consequences of their choices. I the only way to fix it is if we start letting people suffer

I agree with your first sentiment wholeheartedly. The second is a little trickier. If only those who make bad choices suffer, fair enough. However, in this situation, we run headlong into unintended consequences.

Look at the per capita spending this school is forcefully taking from taxpayers on a yearly basis only to post such dismal results. Imagine looking at your classmates on the first day of freshman year and knowing that less than half of them will graduate. Then there's the issue of an educational system which allows a student with a cumulative GPA of 0.13 to somehow become a senior before detecting a problem. Now there's the question of what will be done to fix the situation and you can bet whatever cockamamie solution is proposed will involve large sums of taxpayer funds.

Ultimately, the taxpayers will end up suffering much more than those whose bad choices started this whole saga in motion.

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Originally posted by darthfuster:
Prepare yourselves.