What is your point? IF there were no successful blacks, I might see your point, however, there are MANY incredibly successful blacks. If you want to look for a reason for some blacks (as well as whites) being in poverty, look no further than a government who believes in keeping people down for the sake of a vote.

Excellent video!!!

Tiger Moms do make a difference. My daughter had a hard time in kindergarten, so I demanded she be tested for learning differences (I refused to call them disabilities because it sounds to much like inability). I had to fight to get her tested because they wanted to wait. I said NO. They did find she was LD. I then demanded that her resource teacher work on skills acquisition (which I also did at home), and her teachers NOT do anything for her that she could do for herself. I monitored to make sure she was not being babied, and teachers maintained high expectations. Services were eventually dropped, and as a junior, she is doing well in tough honors courses. If I had not made demands, she would never have reached her potential!

Now, Now...don't you realize children only matter if they are wanted and their parents allowed them to live. Children who are not wanted do not matter to the left; those who are wanted only matter when they can be used as battering rams to get their agenda passed.

Oh, and I am never to mention the word sociopath, put anything in his file that would indicate we know there is a problem, or do any such thing that may come back to bite the school district square in the backside. It is sickening!!!!!

Excellent column!! Unfortunately, our society is contributing to the problems that lead to mass-murdering shooters. As a teacher, I see it, and I rail against it! For example, I have a student in my class, and he is odd! He does not believe he should do the work required to actually EARN a diploma; rather, one should be given to him even if he did not do the work required. My administrator told me that even if he does not earn the diploma, we need to pass him along because he is (according to our school psychologist who did a threat assessment on him at my behest) one who would bring a gun and shoot people...so instead of getting him the mental help he needs, we are just to pass the problem along. This is not uncommon!

Unfortunately, our low information voters really believe we elect people, and if they take away our rights, that is what democracy is all about. Are we doing such a poor job of teaching the Constitution in our schools? I am seriously worried!

When the government began to subsidize poor life choices! The government sets a percentage of high school kids who have to graduate (and if they are held back after Freshman year because they failed all of their classes--they are NOT considered a graduate even if they graduate the year after their original class). So, we are forced to pass on the barely literate because administration won't allow students to fail. A kid can go to school, not engage, fail classes, and still graduate on time because of stupid government mandates. It is horrid! YET--the government ALSO makes dropping out a viable option for some--they know the government gravy taxtrain is going to take care of them!

immaturity. Their children grow up without boundaries, and they cost the school districts a lot of extra money because of "special needs." You can look up the statistics, the greatest risk factor for students with Emotional Disturbance (serious behavioral issues are a result) is poverty. I taught in an Alternative Ed school which served such students and 95% were on the tax-payer subsidized lunch plan (some call it "free/reduced lunch" but nothing is free). Others are labeled special ed because their IQ is normal but they lag behind same-age peers. Well, if nobody reads to you, converses with you, or stresses the importance of learning--no doubt you will lag. I do understand some students are truly LD, but they are the minority!

You are right! If our government did not reward people by giving them housing, SNAP, cash assistance, child care credits and every other thing (driving the cost up beyond what some of us make at honest work), we would have less of this. These children will likely grow up to repeat their parents' behaviors and continue to be a burden to society. I have a 17 year old student who has two children with two different girls--both on public assistance and he pays not one dime because he doesn't have a job. It is ridiculous. These teen parents do tend to do a poor job of child rearing because they truly do not know how to parent (yes there are exceptions but they are the minority). The sad thing is--for the most part, they do not outgrow the

Carl, I am rather shocked by your post. I am also offended, but it is your right to say what you said, so I will not flag it. You seem to be claiming that blacks are more likely to commit crimes, so we need to kill black babies to drive down the crime rate...is that what you are saying? Complex issues are never solved quite so simply!