But, of course, it is easy to ***** and moan and complain about the way things are. So very much harder to suggest concrete and feasible improvements...

There is a quota entry system to try and pick off the 'best' of those south city kids...

Australia did this 'stolen generation' thing... See... After the white settlers came there were babies that were half white and half aboriginal. Some of them looked pretty white. Could 'pass' for white. So they did this 'stolen generation' thing of taking them and raising them as white orphans in cities. They thought (genuinely) that that was giving them a better chance at life.

And we sort of look back, in horror...

Here... There are small boarding school situations for Maaori students... So the best schools in the country (who are the best insofar as they are located in the richest suburban areas and people largely attend their 'local' school)... The best schools in the country... Well... Some of the south city kids are... Taken from their parents... And boarded across the road from the school. Which is, perhaps, a bit stolen generation... But... You can ensure the kids are well fed and are shown how to do their homework (in a quiet setting)... And you can even get them doing sports and culture group and so on... And, I guess, they can go home outside term time.

And it seems to be working. Sort of. Too new to say. Will those kids (for example) go on to become doctors or lawyers or whatever and... Go back to serve the communities they came from? Or will they look at the way some people live in absolute horror and buy themselves a mansion in the rich people area and... Well... That's what the absence of racism and equal opportunity etc etc etc mean. Maaori and Pacific Islanders should have equal opportunity to become part of the elite...

Sigh.

But then, what is to be done?

I like the idea of boarding school for everyone... But I need to remember that is because I needed to get away from my Mother. That isn't the case for most people. Also... While there is some variation, of course, people usually are... Happiest... With similarity... Similar in relevant respects. People get something like that from family stuff..