The Latest Crime Wave: Sending Your Child to a Better School

Re:The Latest Crime Wave: Sending Your Child to a Better School by potatolicious on Sunday October 02, 2011 @07:48PM (#3064443)

His causality is off, way off. That's really the main issue. Both parents here have the same motivation, admirable enough, but one chooses to subscribe to an unreliable predictor for his decision making.

A predictor that is toes a really fine line between statistical reliability and outright bigotry.

In any case, we know that socioeconomic status is a far better predictor of educational success than race. There is a Hugh correlation between race and SES but it's far from causal. I think the main objection here is that he seems to claim it is.

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Re:The Latest Crime Wave: Sending Your Child to a Better School by patrickgzill on Sunday October 02, 2011 @09:56PM (#3064686)

Motivation is not the same as delivering results.

I might have the same high motivation to be an awesome games programmer, but that still doesn't mean I will be as good as Carmack.

I don't fault LoveLinux for his viewpoints, as they are based on his observation; and he is trying to make the best decision for his kids... I think if what he/she had said, was said by Bill Cosby or George Lopez, we would be applauding their honesty...

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Re:The Latest Crime Wave: Sending Your Child to a Better School by mattdeboard on Tuesday October 04, 2011 @09:19PM (#3073716)

Yes, insiders to a group generally get more leeway to make broad declarations about the state of the group that outsiders aren't qualified to make.

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Re:The Latest Crime Wave: Sending Your Child to a Better School by astrec on Monday October 03, 2011 @01:11AM (#3065140)

Tragically it's an excellent predictor, but his rationale for believing it so and subsequent gross generalisation is extraordinarily ignorant.

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