Re:Paul Tudor Jones on Failure - Speech to 9th graders
by cookiecaper on Saturday June 20, 2009 @02:03AM
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Overall a nice little diatribe, though I'm sad to see that Jones identifies the failure with the scholarship in New York as a failure of the school system instead of a failure of the home. He is right to state that 12 is 12 years too late; it needs to start immediately, and Mother and Father are crucial to the production of happy, functional people. Almost all of our serious problems stem from degradation of the home, and no secular school system can fix that.
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Re:Paul Tudor Jones on Failure - Speech to 9th graders
by chwahoo on Saturday June 20, 2009 @11:57AM
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He later describes a charter school he helped fund that had a lot of success. Doesn't that support the argument that schools can make a big difference?
You are right that the home is probably the biggest influence, but it isn't easy to "fix" homes through policy or charity. But if you can find ways to help kids break out of the cycle and go to college or otherwise find success, then the next generation may enjoy a better start.