Word: inner
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...thousands of police officers who lined the streets for his funeral procession, was brought back into grim focus by the trial of his alleged murderers. His fellow police officers wanted not only to honor him, but also to reveal their own growing frustrations about the crack epidemic plaguing our inner cities...
...during the first 45 days of 1989, many involving guns. In one wild 24-hour period last Tuesday, 13 people were killed or wounded. Some of these shootings were committed by "ordinary" citizens; others could be tied to drug criminals, who continue to produce their own separate necrology, turning inner cities into so many Dodge Cities. Then there are the now familiar cases of children found carrying weapons to the classroom; only last week a New York City fifth-grader brought a sawed-off shotgun to school...
...child in kindergarten, the day is carefully divided into time for listening, playing, coloring, snacking and napping. Middle-class children, raised by parents who worship their watches, adapt easily to this regimen. But for many disadvantaged inner-city youngsters, the structure of the school day apparently seems totally unfamiliar. They often resist the idea that they should stop doing one thing simply because it is time to do something else...
...classroom with adults who speak your language, yet you are unable to interpret what they want you to do, even though you wish to please them." Not understanding the meaning of time, she asserts, is a handicap that may partly account for the poor academic performance of many inner-city children throughout their school careers...
...unique study shows that inner-city youngsters often grow up in homes where there are few daily routines. The children do not develop the sense of time that is needed in a classroom environment...