i dare to correct you here, robert. my parents only have primary education. it takes my dad about half an hour to read 2 or 3 pages (never put him off reading even thou the books he likes are the same ones i read as 12 year old...). they could not possibly educate me at home. they would not know where to start. granted, i was encouraged to learn multiplication table by the gentle means of belt, cable or whatever other thing could be used to smack my a**. but nothing more than that. maybe my parents were not ready for spawning
my parents are simple people. but they always recognized the value of proper edumacation. they supported me and my brother throughout our school years. both financially and emotionally. they are very proud i have MA degree - one of the few in entire family.
in case of dominican families you have to remember that poor parents often have so little education they can hardly read and write. taking that aside they have very little general knowledge too. there is no way they could educate their kids at home. they are not capable of that. there ain't even time for that because in poor families everyone has to work. if kids do not work on the street (limpiabotas and so on), they work at home: clean, cook (older ones), take care of their siblings and so on.
now, i am not saying here that poor and stupid people should not breed (although in some cases i can totally see the point
), i am saying that DR ain't happy and fat america where mama CB can aford to spend time and energy on teaching her kids.
and no, even 4% will not help. DR education system is f**ked (i used this word a lot in my latest posts, righ? i should better stick to "for the love of god"...) all the way from the bottom to the top. generations will pass before it is fixed, if ever...