December 19, 2007 NOTE: PLEASE say if you DON'T want your name and/or email address published when sending VDARE email. 12/18/07 - A Florida Reader’s Christmas Wish: Put American Families First A CA Teacher Says If Latino Students Want To Learn, They Should Cancel Their Christmas Vacation In MexicoFrom: Gordon Watson Re: The IQ Gap, The "Test Gap", And Jack O'Connell, by Steve Sailer How can teachers be held responsible for the 25 percent of the Hispanic student population in California, a significant number of whom are underachieving, when so many take a four week Christmas vacation while the rest of the school only takes a two weeks off? Where do the Hispanics go for four weeks? Mexico. Generally, Hispanic failure is not a result of teachers not taking responsibility. Place the blame where it belongs—on the students and their parents. Send Watson mail c/o witan@vdare.com |
