Wednesday, June 25, 2008

3%

I'm watching a preview for the Black in America special that is going to come on CNN. They said that only 3% of black males graduate from college. That's ridiculous. How do we change that?
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11 comments:

TravelinMan said...

Just rub it in that u are at home...lol

June 25, 2008 at 1:41 PM
TravelinMan said...

Now, we all know college is not for everyone...so I would say it would benefits black males to consider trades, with the way the economy. My financial advisor's husband is a master plumber and her son is a master electrician...both clear 6 figures in their perspective industry's.

June 25, 2008 at 1:44 PM
DFW Dad said...

LOL... you know I have to rub that in sometimes.

June 25, 2008 at 2:02 PM
DFW Dad said...

I agree that some people shouldn't go to college. It's just that 3% seems so low. I need to get my plumber hustle on so I can make that type of bread.

June 25, 2008 at 2:04 PM
Shae said...

I think the root of this problem goes deeper than just the fact that college isn't for everyone.

1. Parents need to get involved in their child's education. Your son should not have the option to quite school at the age of 18, just because he's old enough to do so.

2. Teachers need to be accountable. If you are a teacher, TEACH GOT STAM IT. If you don't have a passion for it, get out of the way, too many of our educators are in it for the check and not for the betterment of our futures. Some of these kids aren't being equipped with the proper tools need to attend college; it's not that they don't want to go to college, or that they feel that college isn't for them, it's just that NOBODY has equipped with them proper knowledge to attend, because of SOCIAL PROMOTION and NOBODY has taken the time to sit and ask, what can I do to help you finish high school and continue your education, whether it's trade school, junior college or four year college/university.

3. Our men make up 80%+ of the prison population. Our young men are accepting drug dealers, rappers, etc. as role models instead of a STRONG MALE FIGURE in their household. Which brings me back to the question that Bill Cosby and Barack Obama asked, WHERE ARE OUR BLACK FATHERS? These young men need structure and when they lack a positive male figure in their life, they accept those "idiots" they see in the streets as that positive figure.

I think those three things I listed above are a major factor in why our young men aren't graduating from high school, far less attending college. So what I think needs to be done, is more of our African American Men that are in a position to lead by example need to MENTOR our youth. Get involved at a local school, preferably at the Elementary School level and give an hour of your time a week to make an impact on a young man’s life that wouldn’t necessarily have it. This isn’t just for me, us sisters need to do the SAME. Don’t talk about it, be about it. MENTOR A CHILD!

June 25, 2008 at 2:14 PM
TravelinMan said...

Shae,

On ur number 2; do you think men in the classroom would help make a difference (I know we have discussed this before)?

June 25, 2008 at 2:20 PM
SLA said...

Travelinman,

I would have to say "yes".

June 25, 2008 at 2:23 PM
DFW Dad said...

I agree with everything you said Shae.

June 25, 2008 at 2:25 PM
Shae said...

Most definitely. When we all went back to our school years, I think the highest number of male teachers we got was 4 or 5. I know in my entire span of school, I can count on one hand the number of BLACK MALE TEACHERS I had. And our youth need that. But I have to say, with that comes problems, because you need to be a DETERMINED BLACK MALE if you're going to teach. You can't tell our young men what's right and wrong and you sleeping with the student population.

So to every suggestion, there will be some drawbacks, but we have to try something. Because right now, we doing the same thing, expecting a different outcome, and the definition of that is INSANITY. MOTHERS and FATHERS have got to take their CHILDREN BACK. Stop letting television raise them, and start raising them yourself. TEACHERS stop blaming the school system, nobody said it's going to be easy, but TEACH those you can and let the administration deal with those you can't. Don't punish an entire classroom, because you have 2 or 3 that don't want the knowledge you pouring out that day. And most importantly, we need to go back to the old days, where it took a VILLAGE to raise a child. We're enabling our kids to DISRESPECT when we give them the impression that NOBODY can tell them what to do and what not to do. If someone is correcting your child and they are right, don't GO OFF, acknowledge that with your child and keep it moving. You can't beat a teacher down because she checked your child for something that was CORRECT. I see that too much and it's just teaching this young generation to DISRESPECT all, because if you allow them to disrespect one, they'll soon start DISRESPECTING YOU!

June 25, 2008 at 2:31 PM
The Kaptivator said...

FU Bell man..that shish is unfair!!!!!!!!!!! LOL I wish I could chill at the pad..I could do this shish from home!! Anyway...I think the problem is in getting us males to actually graduate! I bet the percentage of us who enter college is much higher than 3%! But that 3% would explain the number of nicca's you see at the club on Sunday, Monday, & Thursday!!!

June 25, 2008 at 3:08 PM
LGP3 said...

I think the problem is the weak educational lower level school system. Because most of us come from the inter city high schools which suck.

Now a days all they teach you is how to prepare for some TASK type test instead of giving you the basic skills for college like how to write a paper.

please check this when you get a chance....Like the wire season 4

http://www.baltimoregrows.com/2008/06/20/hard-times-at-douglas-high-hbo-to-air-documentary/

June 25, 2008 at 5:16 PM

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