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blE3p_bl00p t1_jaxacuy wrote

Reply to comment by deadowl in What’s going on with the Winooski schools? Looked at a house there and saw they all had 1/10 ratings and below 20% proficiency rates with terrible graduation rates? by vermont4runner

A lot of the kids arrive here when they are already in high school and have to start learning English then and can't possibly meet what we consider standard English requirements for graduating seniors. It is a huge downfall of a dumb system like standardized testing to group these kids in with people who have spoken English since they were toddlers.

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Necessary_Cat_4801 t1_jbhdeyp wrote

It's also a population that wants no part of integrating into American society (assuming you are talking about Somalis). All the other immigrant groups, including those from other African countries seem at least somewhat interested in being good neighbors and getting along. The Somalis, not so much.

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blE3p_bl00p t1_jbvnaok wrote

I was not talking about any group in particular at all... There are loads of people from all over the world who live in that area and for many of them english isn't a first language...

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