Census Bureau Data Reveal Decline in School Enrollment
U.S. school enrollment dropped by 2.9 million from 2019 to 2020.
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What System of Education in America did you attend when you were growing up?
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Public school system in the 70s & 80s. Shit, in 3rd grade, our parents put money in a school "bank" account so we could buy school supplies, which came with a "checkbook" we had to balance to make sure we had money in that account to get what we needed.
Public school k-12
Public universities (HBCUs) Bachelors - PhD
My daughter getting that public education too.
Public universities (HBCUs) Bachelors - PhD
My daughter getting that public education too.
God-Of-War-420
Mr. Pool
Public school k-7
Alternative school 8 after getting kicked out
Trade school 9-10
Alternative high school after getting kicked out lmao
God of war was a violent asshole as a young man.
Only laughing so I don't cry, wish I would have taken school seriously.
Alternative school 8 after getting kicked out
Trade school 9-10
Alternative high school after getting kicked out lmao
God of war was a violent asshole as a young man.
Only laughing so I don't cry, wish I would have taken school seriously.
Public from K to 3rd grade, a private, religious school from 4th to 11th, and a public high school my senior year.
I wonder if anyone on this site was homeschooled?
Went to a gifted and talented PS/JHS (elementary & middle school), but it was still public. HS was public and I attended two CUNY schools.
All public; schools are what you make of them.
I too was fortune to have a few life-altering teachers, that is why I went into the profession.
All public; schools are what you make of them.
I too was fortune to have a few life-altering teachers, that is why I went into the profession.
Public..highschool got a regents diploma ( nyc curriculum was pretty top notch).. went to 1 of top highschools
Public School / Canada / French Immersion / small college
Also, in pre-K and Kindergarten, they do not teach the alphabet in order.Schools today stopped teaching cursive handwriting.
No more ABC songs? That was the fastest way to learn the ABC's.
Went thru the NYC Public School System from 1975 to 1988 from Kindergarten to 12th grade.
In Kindergarten, we had two teachers. One was the primary and the other was her assistant/teacher in training.
All my female teachers from Kindergarten thru 12 grade were old, ugly and nasty looking. I had a English teacher in High School that start teaching in the NYC Public School System shortly after the 2nd Atomic Bomb dropped on Japan. That broad was old, but she knew her shit and we respected her.
In the 1970s, we went in for free breakfast at school and there was a old lady walking around the cafeteria with a sugar jar asking us if we wanted more sugar on our Frosted Flakes and Cocoa Puffs.
In those days we had after school programs that offered tutoring, help with homework, sports, arts and crafts and computer class’ on the Radio Shack computer.
In Junior High/HS, we had carpenter, metal, ceramic, automotive shops. These shops were there to get you interested in learning a trade if you decided to go the “Blue Collar” route for a career at a factory or plant. They had typing, cooking, sewing (home economics) class’ designed for girls who planned on being a stay at home mom.
They started putting security guards, metal detectors, cameras in schools in the 1970s, long before anybody thought of Columbine, CO. and mass shootings were the norm.
As a boy, you got into a fist fight during school, you and the other cat got sent to the Dean’s office for a “Cool Down” for a couple of periods before returning to class. The time was spent helping the Dean in his office learning how to file and helping his Secretary with anything. 99% of the time, the person you fought with, you and him would get to know each other and become best friends.
Different times and environment back then.
In Kindergarten, we had two teachers. One was the primary and the other was her assistant/teacher in training.
All my female teachers from Kindergarten thru 12 grade were old, ugly and nasty looking. I had a English teacher in High School that start teaching in the NYC Public School System shortly after the 2nd Atomic Bomb dropped on Japan. That broad was old, but she knew her shit and we respected her.
In the 1970s, we went in for free breakfast at school and there was a old lady walking around the cafeteria with a sugar jar asking us if we wanted more sugar on our Frosted Flakes and Cocoa Puffs.
In those days we had after school programs that offered tutoring, help with homework, sports, arts and crafts and computer class’ on the Radio Shack computer.
In Junior High/HS, we had carpenter, metal, ceramic, automotive shops. These shops were there to get you interested in learning a trade if you decided to go the “Blue Collar” route for a career at a factory or plant. They had typing, cooking, sewing (home economics) class’ designed for girls who planned on being a stay at home mom.
They started putting security guards, metal detectors, cameras in schools in the 1970s, long before anybody thought of Columbine, CO. and mass shootings were the norm.
As a boy, you got into a fist fight during school, you and the other cat got sent to the Dean’s office for a “Cool Down” for a couple of periods before returning to class. The time was spent helping the Dean in his office learning how to file and helping his Secretary with anything. 99% of the time, the person you fought with, you and him would get to know each other and become best friends.
Different times and environment back then.
Yep, I last about 2 weeks in a religious school and then did public all the way through. The paddle was legendary in my grade school. Nobody wanted that shit. And they made fools sign that shit.
Paddle looked like a fucking cutting board.
Public School: K -12
Didn't have a white teacher until the 6th grade. Took AAP and AP classes all through middle and high school
Read alot of black literature which was required to stay in AP English - Black Boy, Things Fall Apart, MisEducation of the Negro, etc.
All schools were 99% black.
Principal paid for everyone's AP Exam in the 11th and 12th grade.
Many of my peers received scholarships and full rides when we graduated. Valedictorian went to Stanford.
Didn't have a white teacher until the 6th grade. Took AAP and AP classes all through middle and high school
Read alot of black literature which was required to stay in AP English - Black Boy, Things Fall Apart, MisEducation of the Negro, etc.
All schools were 99% black.
Principal paid for everyone's AP Exam in the 11th and 12th grade.
Many of my peers received scholarships and full rides when we graduated. Valedictorian went to Stanford.
Man, I did have a black teacher until my senior year.
All through elementary, I was the only black kid in class. It was a real culture when I went to an HBCU. I was very different.
Yep the paddle days
Wow. Major university. I always wondered how I would have turned out if I graduated from one of the schools I got denied from.
I was denied from 6 schools before I was accepted to one. I was denied from UNC Chapel Hill, UNC Greensboro, UNC Charlotte, Hampton University, NC State, and East Carolina. Winston Salem State gave me a chance when nobody else was willing to accept me.
I got denied from NC State and the university of Georgia when I applied to grad school. NC A&T accepted me.
So I’m an advocate for HBCUs. They gave me a chance and I turned out well.
Which HS?
Lmao all that regents did was give me a gold sticker on my damn diploma. It did opt me out of all “100” classes, foreign languages, and a few maths so maybe it was worth something.
Won’t disclose all that info.. but definitely had some good teachers( also some idiots) definitely has played a part of my networking.. till this day I bump into some of my classmates and network on certain levels.. various people I know are in the financial district, medical, professors, mta, entertainment, etc.. definitely has given me some connects throughout the city and in some cases out of state..has connected me to diff clientele..etc.. definitely can say I know a bunch of successful bros and sis from my highschool..it pays being a cool individual
Best decision you ever made! LOL
I wanted to go to Morehouse ever since I was like in the 7th grade. Got accepted in the 10th grade, but they were stingy with scholarship money. Just like Howard as well.
In high school, we always knew we would get into college, very Duh moment, but we were focused on who was going to write that check which Winston Salem State did...
FAMU gave me money also, but it was only a partial scholarship....
Random thought - I don't know why HBCU's have these high SAT requirements that are equivalent to schools like Stanford, Yale, and etc....Like if I scored a 1500 on the SAT, I am not going to Howard if Yale offers me a full ride also...
Looking back I was very blessed to have mostly black teachers in elementary school and having 50/50 white and black teachers in middle/high school...
My AP English teacher who was white was one of the realest teacher I ever had....I was talking to a dude I graduated with a few month ago when I was back home in Columbia, SC and we both were like damn she had us all reading nothing but the best in black literature while in high school (mostly during the summer months), but still we didn't realize how significant that was until we became adults....
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That’s awesome fam. Keeping it persistent is the way to go. My father in law went to NC Central and stays talking about his time when he was hooping lol.
For me, I was actually torn between Temple and Maryland, as I was accepted to both but opted to stay closer to home because of tuition and living costs. Philly ain’t far from the DMV but I’d still be living off campus having to pay at the time. Was just easier to commute to and from. Part of me does regret going to a PWI over an HBCU, even tho Temple isn’t officially a HBCU, I always wondered what the experience would’ve been like at a majority black school. If I could’ve changed anything, it would’ve been that part, but I’m also very glad with the education I received at UMD.
I had no idea if I was going to college or not. All I knew was my homies were leaving town and if I didn’t leave, I would have remained in that small town with some country ass girl I got pregnant 15 times.
It was tough when I started becoming a little of conscious of my blackness, because some teachers tried to suppress it.
I remember in the 8th grade I did a research paper on Louis Farrakhan.
I remember my English teacher, a middle aged white women, pulling me to the side and saying how much Farrakhan scared her and would I consider writing about someone else. I told her no, and went through with presenting the biography in class.
But thinking back, I had many of those type of hurdles. I was very white washed when I got to WSSU. I’m so grateful for my experience there.
Yeah, I always considered UMD a top notch school. Was going to try and get on their weather program, but after UGA denied me, I didn’t even try.
My current employer is based out of Rockville, but does some contract work at college park for the National Center of Environmental Prediction at College Park. I have a few colleagues there now. They won’t me to move out there, but I can’t justify the cost of living change.