I wasn't saying it was a competition. Relax. What I was saying was that my grandmother was poor, she was incredibly poor. She was forced into slavery and when WW II ended she fled. She fled and by herself she worked her way up, she learned 7 languages, her husband was a waiter all his life. She didn't live a privileged life. a few generations out our lifestyle is very different from hers, yes, and the fact that I may have grown up in a much more privileged atmosphere than her may very well play a big part in how I do on standardized tests. This is not about slavery, this is about cultural differences.
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Date: 2007-12-28 04:44 am (UTC)What I was saying was that my grandmother was poor, she was incredibly poor. She was forced into slavery and when WW II ended she fled. She fled and by herself she worked her way up, she learned 7 languages, her husband was a waiter all his life. She didn't live a privileged life. a few generations out our lifestyle is very different from hers, yes, and the fact that I may have grown up in a much more privileged atmosphere than her may very well play a big part in how I do on standardized tests. This is not about slavery, this is about cultural differences.