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MedusaX

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11. "Inner City"

Reply to Judi Lynn (Original post)

Tue Feb 21, 2017, 03:48 PM

Feb 2017

One's true personal beliefs, philosophy & motivation are often revealed unintentionally by one's word choice...

• People who live in the "Inner City", in my experience, are not demographically homogeneous.
• The collective training, knowledge & skills required to be successful in Today's average "vocational" career is NOT "less intensive" than that of a non-vocational one...
• there is no evidence establishing a 1:1 correlation between "drop out" and "lack of aptitude"

But this guy obviously thinks so...

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Senator: Trade jobs better for inner-city kids than college [View all] Judi Lynn Feb 2017 OP

Gee, A GOP rep said that, who'd a thunk? eom DonViejo Feb 2017 #1

fuck you Eichelberger, you ELITIST ASSHOLE Skittles Feb 2017 #2

well we all know heaven05 Feb 2017 #3

Tiny, very, very tiny bit of truth there Phoenix61 Feb 2017 #4

truth not that small...skilled trades can make good bucks dembotoz Feb 2017 #5

But it shouldn't have to do with the inner cities versus anywhere else. LisaM Feb 2017 #6

i totally agree with you dembotoz Feb 2017 #9

I completely agree that skilled trades are undervalued. LisaM Feb 2017 #14

This advice holds for white rural kids as well. mainer Feb 2017 #20

Reminds me of Scalia's remarks Danmel Feb 2017 #7

Odd, I would think rural kids need voc-tech just as much as urban kids would... haele Feb 2017 #8

Reminds me of the scene in the Malcolm X movie muntrv Feb 2017 #10

Thanks for the memory refresher. n/t Judi Lynn Feb 2017 #17

"Inner City" MedusaX Feb 2017 #11

If only Ben Carson safeinOhio Feb 2017 #12

The trade school graduates are going to run the world packman Feb 2017 #13

Skilled tradesmen are badly needed DeminPennswoods Feb 2017 #15

No matter where you live hollowdweller Feb 2017 #16

What a bonehead. The trades are better for lots of people TexasBushwhacker Feb 2017 #18

Message auto-removed Name removed Feb 2017 #19

Yeah - we don't want them "uppity" Blue Idaho Feb 2017 #21

how about rural kids too, and suburban, and everywhere else? IronLionZion Feb 2017 #22

In other words... dawn frenzy adams Feb 2017 #23

Historically, white trade unions kept blacks out BumRushDaShow Feb 2017 #24

So what trade are his children persuing instead of college? Thor_MN Feb 2017 #25

Yep, those inner-city kids just don't have the potential of the mutant yokels living in meth country Lanius Feb 2017 #26

Maybe they can pick cotton maxrandb Feb 2017 #27