Should/Are muslim brits (be) slacking off at school?

Children who do well in school and almost qualify for grammar* schools have to settle for the worst schools in Britain because of poverty:

[[http://www.guardian.co.uk/education/2008/apr/01/schools.uk]]

Getting jobs is horrifically difficult for the average Muslim Brit especially in the odd-job market(which uneducated Muslims have to resort to) dominated by racist uneducated white people who treat Muslim Brits like foreigners and refuse to let 'immigrants' take 'their' jobs.
Education is not free.

The language barrier: many Muslim families have shifted-to/settled-in ghettos to avoid/avert racist bashing over the decades; They mostly use Punjabi,Urdu and other languages; not English to communicate; perfectly intelligent Muslim children have trouble getting into schools because they lack command of and fluency in the English language; for this reason.

Also, the Cockney brand of English used in poverty-stricken areas is hard to understand/learn even for upper-crust Brits who speak clear and controlled ox-bridge English ; to expect Muslim children to learn it as a second language is a bit much.


"Then again; The highest number of As in the world at GCSE Advanced Level were attained by a Pakistani. [[http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1132200/The-boy-set-getting-Cambridge-got-22-A-levels.html]]
[[http://cyberwarez.info/forum/showthread.php?237459-World-record-Teenager-gains-22-A-levels-in-12-months]]
[[http://www.contactpakistan.com/news/news180.htm]] "

Albeit; NOT a British Pakistani/Asian/Muslim which is the highlight of this debate.

Agreed that there is racism and oppression mostly/worse felt in districts of abject penury and in secluded areas; where people fortress themselves from British society as a whole.

However; does opposition/oppression/racism entail or excuse poor performance?

We should not take light of the fact that many if not most of the greatest minds in recorded history emerged victorious out of some kind of travesty. Heroism/invention/genius has spurned time and time again from suffering/tragedy/oppression/injustice/etc.

Difficult circumstances do not necessary lead to failure and poor performance. Ultimately it's only a matter of the right attitude/mindset. This is developed from the home and its surroundings.

However; obsessed Asian parents are about their kids making the grade. Some also tend to infect young minds with mistrust of the system/country; they live with/in. The attitude isn't generally 'let's learn together' but 'you must get good marks' and that if you don't pass with flying colour/colors 'make excuses'; whine about this and that: blame everything/one but the only one you are accountable for; yourself.

Then again; The highest number of As in the world at GSCE GCSE Advanced Level were attained by a Pakistani. [[http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1132200/The-boy-set-getting-Cambridge-got-22-A-levels.html]]
[[http://cyberwarez.info/forum/showthread.php?237459-World-record-Teenager-gains-22-A-levels-in-12-months]]

[[http://www.contactpakistan.com/news/news180.htm]]