Education today has pros and cons. While reading Shame of the Nation I feel as if suburban schools are being criticized for being the "haves". While I completely agree the urban school in America are in a sorry state I do not believe that suburban schools should be criticized for the way they operate and what the have. The students that attend the schools have no control over how much money their parents make or where there parents live. Just as the students that live in the urban ghettos have no control over their parents incomes. What both sets of students DO have control over is what they decide to do with the education they are receiving. In the end, each individual is responsible for their decisions, their attitudes and the consequences that couple these items.
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Emily,
ReplyDeleteI agree that students in both urban and suburban schools cannot be blamed for their current condition (i.e., haves and have nots). However, parents and community leaders should be aware of the vast inequities in education and commit themselves to ending these distinctions. After all, as you noted so well, individual students should be accountable for their individual performance but they also shouldn't be "held back" by the collective inequiteis that are thrust upon them.