Librarians, Keepers of the Liberty

Originally Posted by irishtrekker

Pgarden, I understand what you're saying about academics and would be really interested in continuing the discussion with you, but maybe in another thread or via email? This one's getting a little nasty for me. My husband spent awhile studying these issues and working with disadvantaged youth to try opening up access to higher institutions, and I have some experience and thoughts myself on the matter. Anyway, if you're interested, let me know. Not sure I can provide any huge insight, but it's something that troubles me a lot, precisely because the roots are so embedded in so many socioeconomic factors that solutions seem difficult to parse.

Your last sentence is almost exactly where I am. I see a very vicious cycle that is firmly imbeddedd occuring. But very unsure how to solve it. It seems to me to start in the home situation... And then just gets passed on.

Oh, and I just skip the other stuff if it gets out of hand. It is rather interesting that some people can hate so deeply though. I guess we all could if we were personally really screwed over.