Buffalo Ice Cream man distributes discounted ice cream to disadvantaged youth

[John Price]

In Buffalo, the Ice Creamcycle Dude, peddles through disadvantaged neighborhoods selling ice cream for a dollar, or for free in exchange for a correct answer to a history or math question

http://www.buffalonews.com/city-reg...eddling-confections-and-a-little-joy-20160716

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[Bones Malone]

He's selling them for a dollar, no one in those neighborhoods goes to school.

 

[Bones Malone]

...Nearly half of the students in the Buffalo Public Schools last year missed more than 18 days — nearly an entire month of classes.

But even that figure masks the depth of the problem. One out of every six students throughout the district missed more than 20 percent of the school year. The problem is most severe among the city’s high school students; one-third of the students missed at least 20 percent of the school year.

Attendance proves challenging in just about every urban school district, where concentrations of poverty present countless obstacles for students and their families. But in Buffalo far more students miss critical amounts of school than in many other cities, from Baltimore to Los Angeles. One national expert who worked with the district said Buffalo’s absenteeism is among the worst she’s seen.

“In Buffalo high schools, you have a serious issue,” said Hedy Chang, the founder of Attendance Works. “You have a culture of not going to school.”...

http://projects.buffalonews.com/fix-buffalo-schools/attendance.html

 

[JA]

“In Buffalo high schools, you have a serious issue,” said Hedy Chang, the founder of Attendance Works. “You have a culture of not going to school.”...

 

[Dog]

It better be vegan ice cream

 

[Bones Malone]

It better be vegan ice cream

It's 2016, you must be a neanderthal to still be eating animal based dairy products.

 

[Dog]

It's 2016, you must be a neanderthal to still be eating animal based dairy products.

I agree so much

 

[Billerdzzz]

Good man!

 

[KrisLetAngry]

Mmmm go meat

 

[MetalheadPenguinsFan]

Mmmm go meat

This.

 

[tony d]

Good for him, nice to hear stories like this.

 

[Goonzilla]

I'm pro-welfare in terms of not minding a little redistribution or taxes going towards assisting or subsidising the less well off or disadvantaged, but welfare has a lot to answer for and creates problems as much as it solves them.

Any scheme or initiative to get kids in school is a good thing, but giving out ice cream is really like urinating on a forest fire; there's a much bigger problem; and that's both parents and kids valuing or understanding the value of education and standards and expectations set by parents for their kids and wider society.

No one should get something for nothing; it just makes it too easy to sit back and enjoy the ride.

Some kids in those neighbourhoods say **** like 'what's the point in going to school when there are no jobs' or even 'I don't need to go to school', which is sad; but it's even harder to get ahead in life when you're not even in the race. If education gives you the wheels, you're most certainly going nowhere sitting up on blocks.