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Why School? Week of Oct 15th

"The end result is the replication of a troubling pattern in American schooling: poor kids get an education of skills and routine, a lower-tier education, while students in more affluent districts get a robust course of study". While I was reading this quote stuck out to me. I completely agree with this quote and strongly believe that this is an issue in the public school system. Kids who live in low income areas have less of a chance to win the grant for better opportunities because they have low test scores. Because of this they never have the opportunity to get a better education. My senior year of high school, the school received a grant for anyone that was taking an AP course to receive their own personal iPad. Obviously I was grateful for this experience and thought that it was really cool but after reading Why School it makes me think that maybe that money could have helped another school in a more positive way. This book really makes me think about perspectives that I've haven't thought about when it comes to the american public school system.