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24 March 2007

Low-income and Struggling Schools, Part 2

Okay, so we’ve talked about it already, but our conversation simply can’t end with yesterday’s post.

I have to keep going with this because the article is a fine example of the oh-so-common poor writing that is routinely released into the world by those who know no better.

I’ll remind you of the horrible sentence in question:

[The 2002 No Child Left Behind law] offers intensive reading help for low-income and struggling schools.

Setting aside the previously mentioned dangling modifier, I want to focus on the phrase “low-income and struggling schools.”

Did I miss the day the schools began earning their own incomes? Are the hallowed halls of education more than brick-and-mortar structures? Are they sentient beings suddenly faced with the horrid task of making their ends meet?

Let’s be honest, shall we?

What that sentence should say is:

[The 2002 No Child Left Behind law] offers intensive reading help [for students attending] low-income and struggling schools located in neighborhoods in which the amount of money earned is so insignificant that the politicians and the machination of government doesn’t have to worry about the parents in the area fussing or cancelling six-figure campaign contributions.

Schools are neither low-income nor struggling; however, the American citizens living around them might be. This situation results in a frighteningly common phenomenon: poor neighborhood, lesser-funded school; minority area, under-equipped school.

Am I still a nit-picker?

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33 Responses to “Low-income and Struggling Schools, Part 2”


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  4. zayyr
    January 30th, 2010 at 9:18 am

    Всем здравия. Хороший стиль. Конечно! мне всё равно с кем я общаюсь… или с 8миклассником или с пенсионером. если он дело пишет, то возраст не имеет особого значения


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