Nikole Hannah-Jones could’ve put her daughter in a challenging and disciplined school (“Sacrificing Children on the Altar of DEI,” Kira Davis, PostOpinion, Sept. 24).
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Jones → put → DEI
Her published excuses for enrolling Najya in a failing public school are all inadequate.
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excuses → publish → school
Does she ever discuss why these public schools are complete disasters without using words like, “racism” and “inadequate funding?”
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schools → discuss → racism
She’d have to put blame on the teachers union, whose primary goal is to indoctrinate students in the latest woke causes, all of which Hannah-Jones fully supports.
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Jones → have → which
As a father of four children and grandfather of three who all attended New York schools (some private, some public), I see one simple truth all parents must understand: They are ultimately responsible for their child’s education, not the school or the child.
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They → attend → education
If the school is bad and your child is doing poorly, then tutoring, changing schools and other options are all available.
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tutoring → do → schools
Blaming schools, teachers, administrators or society is just buck-passing BS.
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Blaming → blame → schools
More important, it fails to help the child.
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it → fail → child
Hannah-Jones clearly suffers from an case of Racist Derangement Syndrome.
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Jones → suffer → Syndrome
She blames racism for the poor quality of education her daughter received at a Brooklyn public school.
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daughter → blame → school
But the New York Times writer ignores the Department of Education’s incompetent management as the real cause of public schools’ pathetic performance.
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writer → ignore → performance
She sacrificed her daughter’s education on the altar of DEI — which really stands for discrimination, exclusion, intimidation.
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which → sacrifice → intimidation
It is incredulous that Hannah-Jones still cannot see the problem with PS 307.
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Jones → see → PS
She places no blame on Principal Stephanie Carroll or district chief Kamar Samuels.
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She → place → Carroll
She should read Proverb 18-2: “Fools find no pleasure in understanding, but delight in airing their own opinions.”
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Fools → read → opinions
Kim Crosby
Darien, Conn.
Hannah-Jones betrayed her daughter’s best interests, sacrificing her personal development in furtherance of collective social change.
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Jones → betray → change
To justify an end, she used her child as the means.
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she → justify → means
Ray Arroyo
Westwood, NJ
The Issue: Instances of men exiting NYC manholes, including two Venezuelans who were arrested.
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who → exit → Venezuelans
These “mole men” going into the sewers of New York City are crazy (“A ‘hole’ lotta ‘divers,’ ” Sept. 26).
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men → go → City
Our sewers are infested with pathogens that can cause a number of life-threatening diseases.
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that → infest → diseases
Those infected can then contaminate anyone they come in contact with.
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they → infect → contact
These so-called “mole men” say they’re looking for gold and valuables.
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they → call → gold
What good is that going to do if they wind up with some incurable disease?
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they → go → disease
This needs to be stopped; it’s mandatory for the sake of the people of our city.
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it → need → city
In a number of South American nations, the homeless live in sewers to hide from the police.
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homeless → live → police
If the two Venezuelans hadn’t been caught, they might have lived in the sewers at night and come out during the day to spread disease around the city.
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they → catch → city
To understand the mole men, I look to Paul Gauguin for inspiration.
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I → understand → inspiration
Where did they come from?
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they → come → Where
Where are they going?
I want answers.
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I → go → answers
I want solutions.
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I → want → solutions
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