I spent my entire school career at a “segregation academy” in Alabama and can attest to a lot of what’s said here although my school has never once in its history going back to the early 70’s admitted a black student. The school board has consistently made it clear that they never will either but we did have a small Asian student body (6 kids out of about 400 total) when I graduated. Every once in a while a black kid from a wealthier family in our area would apply and then “fail” the entry test.
The school marketed itself as Christian and also good academics which were both hilariously false. Teacher turnover was sky high because of shit pay and absolutely no benefits which directly lead to awful teaching standards. By the tenth grade at least two out of my six classes a year were basically free with absolutely zero work to do. Many of my friends including our valedictorian have been getting hammered in college because guess what college takes actual work. These schools only serve to provide an out for racists who would rather their kids education suffer than for them to attend public schools. The only reason I attended is because my parents falsely believed in the “better education” my school provided.
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I spent my entire school career at a “segregation academy” in Alabama and can attest to a lot of what’s said here although my school has never once in its history going back to the early 70’s admitted a black student. The school board has consistently made it clear that they never will either but we did have a small Asian student body (6 kids out of about 400 total) when I graduated. Every once in a while a black kid from a wealthier family in our area would apply and then “fail” the entry test.
The school marketed itself as Christian and also good academics which were both hilariously false. Teacher turnover was sky high because of shit pay and absolutely no benefits which directly lead to awful teaching standards. By the tenth grade at least two out of my six classes a year were basically free with absolutely zero work to do. Many of my friends including our valedictorian have been getting hammered in college because guess what college takes actual work. These schools only serve to provide an out for racists who would rather their kids education suffer than for them to attend public schools. The only reason I attended is because my parents falsely believed in the “better education” my school provided.