Submitted by rabblebowser t3_yfj5sl in boston
cheerocc t1_iu47x5b wrote
One of the reasons why we left the Lawrence school system. My daughter was in the 5th grade at the time and there was some "love triangle" going on with a boy and 2 girls in my daughter's class. One little girl was jealous that the boy talked to the other girl more so she came to school the next day with a meat cleaver and threatened the other girl. That's just one example that comes to mind.
Lot of parents don't care what their kids are doing so therefore the kids don't care. You can have the best school with tons of money but it starts at home. You have plenty of kids that comes from terrible school system and succeed, because the parents and the kids care.
Most of the teachers and kids were great in the Lawrence system, but there were some violent few that we weren't taking any chances with.
School ended for that year and we were in OUT!!!!!!
riski_click t1_iu4noq2 wrote
Lawrence is a really tough system, vastly underfunded, and the teachers are very underpaid.. Unfortunately, most people in the Lawrence school system don't have an opportunity to leave it..
cheerocc t1_iu55rlx wrote
Yeah i get, it's a tough situation for many people there but it's also not a dead end. I came from a Chelsea school system that's historically been bad. If you look up "worst school system in MA", Chelsea will always be on the list. My siblings and I all made it out of there and went to college (Boston College, Northeastern, and Bentley College) so there's hope.
My point is, regardless of your situation, if you have the support and motivation from your parents as well as yourself, you'll do well regardless of where you are, type of school system, etc....
They key is to have the care and motivation to make it out.
-cochise t1_iu58z3z wrote
Lawrence is funded about as well as Acton actually.
riski_click t1_iu5d1x8 wrote
exactly. But Lawrence is 89% low-income students (vs 11% in AB), 72% non-native English speakers (vs 21% in AB) and 94% high-needs students (vs 28% at AB). The fact that the per student-funding is about equal only paints half the picture.
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adaquestionade t1_iu6rv4l wrote
> it’s a more polite way of saying this kid doesn’t have a family who gives a shit
LOL ok. Spoiler alert: There are more than a few rich families that think the same way; tradeoff is a lot of poorer families DO care but don't "show up" in the way that you want them to.
Source: I went to school with a lot of rich kids and now teach a lot of poor kids.
You can be in a shit situation and care about your kids' education. The two are not mutually exclusive. Jesus Christ, find an ounce of empathy.
cheerocc t1_iu7mqy8 wrote
I went to their gym for a tournament and that gym is the best I've seen so far from any schools around the area.
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