tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7815287532094385757.post5423062986290183664..comments2024-01-22T03:19:03.841-07:00Comments on Eddie G. Griffin (BASG): Are Black Boys Expected to Fail?Eddie G. Griffinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13283895629656619113noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7815287532094385757.post-42628169335961989082007-06-04T12:52:00.000-07:002007-06-04T12:52:00.000-07:00I used the example of the cop questioning a mental...I used the example of the cop questioning a mentally incompetent black man to show something about "expectations". The man, who was on psychotropic medication was responding to the cop's questions. To the cop, the man sounded okay. To me, the man sounded incoherent. Maybe the cop expected incoherency to be a normal response from a black man, like certain crazy and erratic behavior is considered normal in some cultures. When abnormal seems normal, there is a paradigm shift in expectations. Likewise, an educator may perceive that low performance as normal in expectation of student doing his best, but due to mental inadequacies, he can do no better. Therefore, the "better" is not expected of him, higher challenges are not offered to him, and he is allowed to pass through on mediocrity or less.Eddie G. Griffinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13283895629656619113noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7815287532094385757.post-30700560814935231442007-06-02T18:09:00.000-07:002007-06-02T18:09:00.000-07:00Eddie,great post. but i think the question should...Eddie,<BR/>great post. but i think the question should be framed: "Who Expects Our Black Boys to Fail?"<BR/><BR/>is it the school administrators? is it their teachers? is it their community? is it their parents? do our Black Boys go to school expecting to fail?<BR/><BR/>i think if we begin to answer those questions, we may begin to unravel the THING that has continued to lower the expectations of our Black Boys.<BR/><BR/>personally, i feel that if parents set low expectations for their children, it doesn't matter what others think of their children! i think it BEGINS in the home and carries forward throughout the rest of the community and into the schools.<BR/><BR/>i have a nephew who suffers from mild autism; it would be easy for his parents to resign themselves to the fact that he may not be able to perform at a high level in his studies. but with parental guidance, lots of LOVE, lots of discipline, and an expectation that he will do well in ALL of his classes, my nephew was on the Honor Roll for this entire school year! <BR/><BR/>i shudder to think of the "statistic" he would have become if my sister and brother-in-law had succumbed to the EASY TASK of setting low expectations for their son.plez...https://www.blogger.com/profile/03637930826560736172noreply@blogger.com