[Dean's World] Dave Price: "They're Going to Call You A Lazy Mexican"

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Posted by Dave Price:
"They're Going to Call You A Lazy Mexican"
http://www.deanesmay.com/posts/1156440837.shtml


   [1]Here's an amazing NPR story about a Native American principal who
   turned around a charter school in Oakland by (surprise) emphasizing
   academic performance and discipline instead of "traditional" music and
   art and feel-good ego-building exercises. Dr. Chavis blasts
   multiculturalism and says the philosophy is destroying minorities'
   ability to succeed in America.
   Rather than trying to make the students feel good about being
   minorities, he demands they work hard and explains in no uncertain
   terms what will happen if they fail. His results seem to prove the
   prevailing philospohy is badly misguided: shame and fear can serve a
   purpose, and self-esteem is a means, not an end.
   (via [2]Ace)

References

   1. http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=5696532
   2. http://www.ace.mu.nu/