Reply #46: Schools aren't factories. [View All]

[donco6]

We're so quick to blame the factory for not putting out better bicycles. The fact of the matter is there's something very wrong with Central Falls as a community.

Kids don't drop out just because of school. They do it because of a dozen things in their lives which put pressure on them and actually support their decision to drop out. And it's not teachers doing that. Parents, friends, gangs, drugs, money, siblings, family situations and some school stuff, too.

To fix a dropout rate you have to fix the community as a whole. Firing the teachers will do ABSOLUTELY NOTHING.