Posted by catching12 on March 7, 2011, 8:47 pm, in reply to "Re: gotta love it..."
Lack of funds? E StL schools are some of the highest paid in the Metro East. I'm surprised you only got paid pebbles...
And that district still fails utterly. I'll let you off on the academics, as that isn't any teacher's fault in that blackened district. But don't act like you were surprised when a class of dirt-poor black kids didn't meet the level expected by or even pay attention to a white teacher.
There are certain dynamics that nothing will change. It's called human nature, human instinct, human culture. It's as solid as ever despite what dome dreamers want you to believe.