Question...Where Are the Vast Majority Of Them Between Elections?

Youth Nation

Vote mobs descend They're here, they're young, and they want their voices heard.

They turn out for the main event but few of them stay to help cleanup after the event...remember the massive concert at Downsview Park a few yers ago to stamp out child hunger; how about the more recent extravaganza to help Haitians and I am sure you have your favorite cause but did you pack your bags the next morning and travel to Africa, Haitia, etc.? Now we hve Facebook, YouTube. Twitter and you can save the world without even putting on your sandals.

Bricks And Mortar And $$$ Are A Factor BUT...

Interesting that inner-city, 'poor' Asian kids often do better than other kids from the richest schools.

So why is that?

.... In the language of the politically correct, achievement is equated with privilege. Such verbal sleight of hand evades the question whether individual's priorities and efforts affect outcomes, whether in education or in other endeavors. No need to look at empirical evidence when a clever phrase can take that whole question off the table....

http://dailymail.com/Opinion/tsowell/201002090618

Jane, March 14th 2010, 1:53am

Inner-city students need a helping hand

By Jenny Yuen, Toronto Sun

Khari Richards sits squeezed between classmates on the staff couch inside Toronto’s Nelson Mandela elementary school.