We need communities who will stand in
the schoolhouse door – not to keep people from coming in, but to keep students
from dropping out.
* drop
out: to quit school or leave a group
ex> In the 1960s a lot of young people
dropped out of society and joined communes.
Note> A dropout is a person who stops going to school.
I was studying some of the graphs and
charts in the Urban League’s State of Black American report, and the statistics
on labor participation caught my attention.
* catch
one’s attention: to cause someone to look at or listen to something
ex> Her long red hair and curvaceous
body caught the man’s attention.
Once they have graduated high school,
African Americans on average do just
as well – or better than – whites.
* on
average: typically
ex> On average, more people
vote in presidential elections than in other elections.
We need everyone pushing for change –especially parents.
* push
for: to exert effort to make something happen
ex> The Democratic Party pushed
for tighter gun control laws after the mass shooting at the school.
It’s a lot to ask a busy parent. A lot of them are going to think: I don’t
have time to fix America’s school; I’m trying to get my child to pass Algebra.
* a lot to ask (of) someone: expecting a
great deal of something from a person
ex> Tom knew it was a lot to ask
of his parents, but he had nowhere else to turn to.
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