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Originally Posted by Agamemnon
Don't some of these 'boot-camp' type facilities already exist?
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As far as I know they don't exist for kids who aren't troublemakers but rather just going through the motions of the school system.
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You have to be willing to go... it may be that offering a strictly regimented military-esque lifestyle isn't appealing to poor urbanites (assuming it was free to attend).
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You have the school system sit down with the mother and explain the situation. Little Johnny can either go away for awhile so that he can be in an environment that will give him little choice but to focus on academics or he can go through the motions, drop out at 16 and join a gang. If the mother can't make the correct choice there's nothing else anyone can do for the kid.
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I suppose you could try and force them into these schools, but I think we've been there already (residential schools) and it's not something Canadian ideals support (as far as I'm aware).
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That was a whole different situation where kids where picked based upon the colour of their skin. What I'm proposing wouldn't apply to just black kids. It would apply to all lower income kids at risk.
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The solution has to be realistic. Forcing them to stop having children or into military schools isn't realistic. Setting up a school that caters to their environment/background/lifestyle IS realistic.
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The solution has to solve the problem. The "solution" in this case is like treating a guy with flesh-eating disease by putting a band-aid on his wound. It is just trying to cover up what the real issues are.