I remember reading in Outliers a while ago that the achievement gap is less about the schools themselves and has more to do with students from poorer backgrounds not getting educated over the summer. Apparently they tend to show similar improvement over the course of the school year, but have worse retention issues since their parents don't enroll them in programs and whatnot over their months off.

I haven't really done any research on the topic so I'm reluctant to throw it out there as a fact though.

poor kids play shooters
rich kids play 80hr RPG's

Gimpy wrote:I remember reading in Outliers a while ago that the achievement gap is less about the schools themselves and has more to do with students from poorer backgrounds not getting educated over the summer. Apparently they tend to show similar improvement over the course of the school year, but have worse retention issues since their parents don't enroll them in programs and whatnot over their months off.

I haven't really done any research on the topic so I'm reluctant to throw it out there as a fact though.

interesting, but dont a lot of people think gladwell is a crackpot?

that press conference gave me depression

that was one of the worst things i've ever experienced

CalvinBall wrote:

Gimpy wrote:I remember reading in Outliers a while ago that the achievement gap is less about the schools themselves and has more to do with students from poorer backgrounds not getting educated over the summer. Apparently they tend to show similar improvement over the course of the school year, but have worse retention issues since their parents don't enroll them in programs and whatnot over their months off.

I haven't really done any research on the topic so I'm reluctant to throw it out there as a fact though.

interesting, but dont a lot of people think gladwell is a crackpot?

he has some good stuff. some of it is baseless speculation that has statistics manipulated to support an argument.

https://twitter.com/readerer/status/832303185826033664

"ever heard of uranium? you fucking idiot. fucking moron."

slugsrbad wrote:

pacino wrote:he didnt answer my question

Mine either, he kind of touched on it, but not really.

Mine either! Someone must have been jamming the internet lines!

jamiethekiller wrote:

CalvinBall wrote:

Gimpy wrote:I remember reading in Outliers a while ago that the achievement gap is less about the schools themselves and has more to do with students from poorer backgrounds not getting educated over the summer. Apparently they tend to show similar improvement over the course of the school year, but have worse retention issues since their parents don't enroll them in programs and whatnot over their months off.

I haven't really done any research on the topic so I'm reluctant to throw it out there as a fact though.

interesting, but dont a lot of people think gladwell is a crackpot?

he has some good stuff. some of it is baseless speculation that has statistics manipulated to support an argument.

Yea, that's why I wanted to throw the source out there.

https://www.scribd.com/document/3394987 ... -Islanders

the entirety of the President's commission on asian americans and pacific islanders resigned yesterday

Warszawa wrote:

slugsrbad wrote:

pacino wrote:he didnt answer my question

Mine either, he kind of touched on it, but not really.

Mine either! Someone must have been jamming the internet lines!

Leftists

This exchange is horrifying.

td11 wrote:https://twitter.com/readerer/status/832303185826033664

"ever heard of uranium? you #$!&@ idiot. #$!&@ moron."

This tweet made me lol

Rachel Riederer ‏@readerer 1h1 hour ago

I had that press conference playing on my laptop for what, 20 or 30 minutes? And both the orchids in my apartment died.

RichmondPhilsFan wrote:This exchange is horrifying.

Yes. Classic 45.

That is hilarious. BTW, anybody interested, this is what President Agent Orange said in that link:

"You know what uranium is right? This thing called nuclear weapons and other things, like, lots of things are done with uranium, including some bad things."

Dude is Sarah Palin with a smaller penis.

traderdave wrote:That is hilarious. BTW, anybody interested, this is what President Agent Orange said in that link:

"You know what uranium is right? This thing called nuclear weapons and other things, like, lots of things are done with uranium, including some bad things."

Dude is Sarah Palin with a smaller penis.

Palin is smarter than Trump.

TenuredVulture wrote:

traderdave wrote:That is hilarious. BTW, anybody interested, this is what President Agent Orange said in that link:

"You know what uranium is right? This thing called nuclear weapons and other things, like, lots of things are done with uranium, including some bad things."

Dude is Sarah Palin with a smaller penis.

Palin is smarter than Trump.

I actually agree. She was woefully unprepared in 2008, and she still has many flaws but she's not completely delusional.

HuffPo:

TenuredVulture wrote:

traderdave wrote:That is hilarious. BTW, anybody interested, this is what President Agent Orange said in that link:

"You know what uranium is right? This thing called nuclear weapons and other things, like, lots of things are done with uranium, including some bad things."

Dude is Sarah Palin with a smaller penis.

Palin is smarter than Trump.

Not even in the same universe.

Trump basically won a Presidential election while running against the two most powerful political parties in the world by himself. If nothing else he is smart enough to know what plays with half the country.