Feds to launch probe of Boston Latin as superintentent looks to possible requirement changes to increase minority enrollment

And six of them were handled properly and this one wasn't, why would that indicate that this is a systemic issue that deserves this level of investigation?

I agree--it's a horrible thing to say and also just kind of freakish. I have a hard time imagining the kid who said such a thing or the scenario--I mean if it were the kind of "I'm going to beat your white/black a** after school" kind of crap that was pretty much standard when I was 14 (er...not from me personally). But it also just seems pretty clear that we don't know the whole story and that this whole thing has been inflated by a lot of half truths and hyperbole, including the tweets from other random teenaged a**holes who didn't actually attend BLS. There are some very real racial and cultural issues at the school that it would be important to address, but this approach seems counterintuitive to me.

I am 57 years old grew up in Charlestown, there was a time when everybody took the test for Latin, it was the only way to get into Latin, this school founded in the 1600s graduated signers of the Constitution, captains of industry, it was the most prominent public school in America, it held that distinction into the late 80s early 90s because it only took the best, if you failed the test or didn't score in the top percentile you didn't get in, I was one of those kids, but along came some liberal social engineer or activist who didn't see enough people of color at Latin and they made it their mission to change that, and along came the quota system at Latin, on that day Boston Latin was Boston Latin no more, it became just another public school except it requires at test to get in, if you are any race other than black, they may not call them quotas today but the result is the same. If Boston Latin had stood up to the race pimps of the 80s and 90s and the liberal social engineers, who by the way live in Newton and Wellsley and other suburbs we would not be having this phony scandal, I wonder if these two girls could actually pass the real Latin test or are they students due to a quota system, something I was taught as a young kid growing up in Charlestown "not everything is for everybody" that includes me. Now the DOJ is involved so let me give you the outcome of this whole matter, a bunch of money will be spent to find nothing that reaches the heights to warrant this investigation, someone will be fired, the DOJ will make recommendations for diversity and sensitivity programs, you know the programs where black people preach to white people about the past, our sins and how we should act, think and believe. It is amazing that all of this and only 9% of BLS students are black, I say make them all take the real Latin entrance exam and remove the quotas, in closing "political correctness" is more dangerous to our society than any terrorist or drug, where are all the smart people in Boston, open your eyes to this farce, those parents my age with kids or grandkids at Latin, have you forgotten what "forced busing" did to us and our city, don't let what is left of Latin and it's reputation be tarnished by students who may not even belong there, or they are there for all the wrong reasons.

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"Traveling" is the proper word used to describe that particular foul here in the States. However, you could be from the UK, in which case, I apologize. I'm all about the education!

...or you could just be as dumb as your thinly veiled all white people are racist post.

You just made my day.

"I don't know" - you're feeling conflicted. Trying to give them some credit as some kind of force trying to do "good" while seeing something you know is innocent getting targeted.

You shouldn't. This is part of the chilling effect. This is outrageous. At best, all this will really accomplish is strike fear into the heart of anyone who has a thought to anything not fitting to their expectations. It will leave - a best - a resentment with no true change in heart (or should one, as many thoughts are not wrong or evil).

At worse, it's even more outrageous. Undermining the very core that somehow - for a "theory" of the white majority doing stuff to suppress the minority - has been very good to Asians. And yet, they ignore that and somehow want to see heads roll and admission changed. Which - like it or not - the standards is part of what allow BLS be BLS.

Madison Park question. The very same people that are fanning these flames were advocates on behalf of the head shooter. Their selective amnesia is defended by simply calling you a racist.

''but choose not to go because of what they've heard about the school ''

With respect to that , I am sure the notions of 3 hours homework , is another thing that is heard. That must scare a lot of children away as well. There is no shortcut to success in this world , aside from being a member of the lucky sperm club. So what would you say if this became an issue , that the school was just too tough? This is not some vague idea, it seems like a lot of beating around the bush. I have heard rantings about Parochial schools giving an unfair advantage, followed by ideas of excluding children of tax paying residents from attending BLS that went to such schools. I can see it coming , the dilution of this school masked under all sort of rhetoric. I thought busing was supposed to level the playing field, guess that didnt work. Just pass the test , screw the interviews and profiling and community service and other inventions. I am sure community services done to fulfill a religious obligation will probably be excluded somehow.

D you are not naive here , the n word situation is very perplexing. You acted respectfully telling your lad to just dont use the word ever anywhere.

But do you just discard the notion of test? The entrance exam is just one of many tests to be encountered. Now do you have to tailor fashion each class subject test as well? And you seem to have something about tax paying residents sending their children to '' exam-school prep schools " , which I perceive to be Parochial Schools . And there is no guarantee that if you gain admittance to BLS you are going to stay there. Do you tinker with that as well?

Reread her comment--she's referring to kids being categorized as "stupid" not calling them stupid herself. As difficult as it is to parse these issues, it's impossible to ignore them completely as part of the discussion. Part of the inevitable backlash of any attempt to level the playing field is accusations, even sometimes just the silent implication that black and Latino kids somehow need extra help because they're not as smart, don't study as hard, etc. I've heard enough of this over the years in a hundred different forms and ways, from people of every age and shade and it's much more nuanced and trickier to combat than say, a Louise Day Hicks.