tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5458172893016186479.post718417896960484126..comments2011-09-09T17:22:47.994-05:00Corey Bunje Bowerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09764159604965707919noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5458172893016186479.post-59669516322625836352010-06-12T01:57:44.023-05:002010-06-12T01:57:44.023-05:00Roger,<br />What he says is true. It only touches the problem of course, but I don&#39;t think he ever suggest &quot;blaming-the victim&quot;. Blaming the victim would be, &quot;it&#39;s their fault for not finding the motivation to leave the cycle of poverty&quot; whereas he simply states that there&#39;s a disparity between rich and poor, and that children usually only aspire to make as much as their parents do. I&#39;ve been studying the achievement gap, and I believe in this cycle of poverty. Yes, social democracy has much to do with it, as does racism and ignorance. Even in Europe the culture of poverty exist. Europe just has more resources to address it in education because it actually tries unlike here.Dinahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15580126628032941714noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5458172893016186479.post-4266211801106174182009-04-23T08:09:00.000-05:002009-04-23T08:09:00.000-05:00How dare you imply that it is the students' fault. This "blaming the victim" tactic is used by neo-conservatives. We will never solve our problems until we have social democracy. Then, all our students will do well, like in Europe.Roger Sweenyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12734128265493099062noreply@blogger.com