One of the main excuses I've heard for people not to quit smoking is that the person will gain weight. It seems the that the smoke less/eat more philosophy is a choice rather than a natural occurrence. It seems that it would be the same scenario in education. The idea that poverty automatically causes poor student achievement also seems to be a choice rather than a natural occurrence. Liberals and progressives seem to feel this is the case. Poverty does not cause kids to lose intelligence. It's the choices people make. It needs to be proven that somehow poverty automatically causes kids not to pick a book, not to listen in class, not to go to class, make parents unwilling to work with their children, and cause teachers to be incompetent. Otherwise, it is still a choice that is made. When liberals draw this conclusion, they want to throw more money in the system. The money is not the problem. There needs to be an attitude change about what makes for better education. Once people start to believe that going to class, reading books, and working with kids, their education will improve and their chances to succeed improve even more.
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