Detroit Renaissance Student to MIT

[R8RBOB]

How can that be? I thought Detroiters were too victimized by the socio-economic oppression of the suburbanites to possibly succeed. And how can private scholarships to a private institution possibly be of benefit when we all know that socialism is the answer? I just hope he doesn't give other children in Detroit any crazy ideas about exceeding the low expectations that their community has set for them. I bet that after he graduates, he's going to be a sellout to the evil capitalistic oppressors. He probably won't even choose to move back to the ghetto.

I get what you are saying but I bet you are still smarting because that sista at Wal-Mart sass you out and called you a motherfucker.

On the real, in every school located in Detroit there lies a Justin Bullock. There are good students located within the various schools throughout Detroit. The problem is they are surrounded by knuckleheads that ruins it for everyone else that is trying to get an education. The parents of Justin Bullock should be proud that their son didn't get sidetracked and threw away his education.

[mwilbert]

I don't think this tells us anything significant about the DPS, but it is terrific for this young man. MIT has an excellent, decades-old program to help minority students get acclimated to the new environment, because experience shows it can be a pretty tough transition.

[English]

Happy to witness the success of this young man from both of my DPS alma maters!

I don't think this tells us anything significant about the DPS, but it is
terrific for this young man. MIT has an excellent, decades-old program to help minority students get acclimated to the new environment, because experience shows it can be a pretty tough transition.

I respectfully disagree with this statement.

[mwilbert]

My post was pretty short, so there are only three things you could possibly be taking issue with, as there are only three things being asserted:

1) That one DPS student going to MIT doesn't tell us anything significant about DPS.
2) That MIT has an excellent program for incoming minority students.
3) That the transition to MIT from high school can be difficult.

I'm kind of curious which of these you disagree with.

[Islandman]

I get what you are saying but I bet you are still smarting because that sista at Wal-Mart sass you out and called you a motherfucker.

On the real, in every school located in Detroit there lies a Justin Bullock. There are good students located within the various schools throughout Detroit. The problem is they are surrounded by knuckleheads that ruins it for everyone else that is trying to get an education. The parents of Justin Bullock should be proud that their son didn't get sidetracked and threw away his education.

That's how Bates Academy [[love him or hate him) came about. They bussed academically successful students from all over Detroit to this school. I was in the first graduating class. I would say the majority of students in my school went on to either Cass or Renaissance.

This story reminded me of one student in my class. He was what I like to call scary smart; we all knew it. He maxed out on his SATs and received a full scholarship to Harvard for biochemistry, then on to Stanford for another grad program. He's a physician and faculty at U of M now.

Edit: He also went to Renaissance BTW.

[kraig]

Retroit is being sarcastic, that's all. I went through something like this with him last year. He's not racist.

[Bearinabox]

Retroit is being sarcastic, that's all. I went through something like this with him last year. He's not racist.

He certainly doesn't sound sarcastic, and he's never broken character that I can remember. I'm going to need a little more evidence on this one.

[kraig]

He certainly doesn't sound sarcastic, and he's never broken character that I can remember. I'm going to need a little more evidence on this one.

Then I suggest you start a thread on the subject. Let's keep this thread focused on the young man, Justin Bullock, that's doing so well for himself.

[Bearinabox]

Then I suggest you start a thread on the subject. Let's keep this thread focused on the young man, Justin Bullock, that's doing so well for himself.

I wasn't the one who derailed the thread, and it's not my job to get it back on track. However, I'm happy for Justin Bullock and I wish him well.