Reading reflection of Savage Inequalities
Benefits and Fairness
According to the author, education inequality exists in the current American between the low classes and rich classes. According the author's visit to a poor area like St.Louis and a rich area like New York, the difference in education environment and resources are tremendous. Schools poor area have students from poor family. They have limited educational equipment and polluted physical environment. One highlight for a high school in East St. Louis is Irl Solomon's history class. There are girls in this class who are pregnant but don't see the consequences of having children at this young age. According to Irl Solomon, most of the girls don't have "self-esteem", which is pathetic. Only a small portion of students know the purposes of learning and learn academically,
In contradiction, high school in rich area is a new world compared to one in East St, Louis. Students in New York high school enjoy delicate buildings and comfortable learning environment. They have parents who care for their education and is willing to fund the school. Unsurprisingly, this education system rises students who are more organized and professional in speaking and writing. Although both students in St. Louis and New York don't actually see the real conditions of the other, students New York high school can speak "well-chosen language" and "well-made arguments"(334) on whatever topics they encounter not asking non-sense question like students from St. louis. One interesting view of the matter is from a student Jennifer, whose family moved from poor area to rich area. She recognizes the equal rights of all students in America to learn. However, she shows a negative attitude if she and her family are in the group of paying this equal right.
As a reader, I couldn't blame her answer. Considering the well-being of her small institution as a family at first is nothing wrong. Her family moves from a city like East St.louis because her parents have the realization that their daughter will not have a future in a place that can't even fix the problem of sewage. I agree with her that people have to want a good life for themselves, or for their own offspring. However, people who were born and raised in a city like St. Louis could never know the purpose of learning from school or from their own family. They seems to be common about crimes and improper sex behaviors. They don't have a good guide of life when they are young. They don't know what a normal should be like and either do they know how to strive for that. When they grow up, they composes a family with someone who has a similar background. If they have children, the children will follow their old path, too. This is like a malignant circle. The author uses large portion of the essay to depict the situation in St, Louis. The author doesn't comes to a direct to conclusion about who should be responsible for this or who should change this. However, the article attracts attention of American of all classes. The author is giving a signal that this situation needs to be changed and the children there need to be saved. This society needs efficiency as well as fairness. People who born in a poor family deserves the right to pursue for a better life, at least the knowledge of what a normal life should be like. If I were rich people or the government who have the right to make policies, I would agree to raise more funds to aid the area like St. Louis. Although giving money to poor people wouldn't directly benefit the rich people, the poor are also part of the U.S. citizens who should not be abandoned but be saved.
According to the author, education inequality exists in the current American between the low classes and rich classes. According the author's visit to a poor area like St.Louis and a rich area like New York, the difference in education environment and resources are tremendous. Schools poor area have students from poor family. They have limited educational equipment and polluted physical environment. One highlight for a high school in East St. Louis is Irl Solomon's history class. There are girls in this class who are pregnant but don't see the consequences of having children at this young age. According to Irl Solomon, most of the girls don't have "self-esteem", which is pathetic. Only a small portion of students know the purposes of learning and learn academically,
In contradiction, high school in rich area is a new world compared to one in East St, Louis. Students in New York high school enjoy delicate buildings and comfortable learning environment. They have parents who care for their education and is willing to fund the school. Unsurprisingly, this education system rises students who are more organized and professional in speaking and writing. Although both students in St. Louis and New York don't actually see the real conditions of the other, students New York high school can speak "well-chosen language" and "well-made arguments"(334) on whatever topics they encounter not asking non-sense question like students from St. louis. One interesting view of the matter is from a student Jennifer, whose family moved from poor area to rich area. She recognizes the equal rights of all students in America to learn. However, she shows a negative attitude if she and her family are in the group of paying this equal right.
As a reader, I couldn't blame her answer. Considering the well-being of her small institution as a family at first is nothing wrong. Her family moves from a city like East St.louis because her parents have the realization that their daughter will not have a future in a place that can't even fix the problem of sewage. I agree with her that people have to want a good life for themselves, or for their own offspring. However, people who were born and raised in a city like St. Louis could never know the purpose of learning from school or from their own family. They seems to be common about crimes and improper sex behaviors. They don't have a good guide of life when they are young. They don't know what a normal should be like and either do they know how to strive for that. When they grow up, they composes a family with someone who has a similar background. If they have children, the children will follow their old path, too. This is like a malignant circle. The author uses large portion of the essay to depict the situation in St, Louis. The author doesn't comes to a direct to conclusion about who should be responsible for this or who should change this. However, the article attracts attention of American of all classes. The author is giving a signal that this situation needs to be changed and the children there need to be saved. This society needs efficiency as well as fairness. People who born in a poor family deserves the right to pursue for a better life, at least the knowledge of what a normal life should be like. If I were rich people or the government who have the right to make policies, I would agree to raise more funds to aid the area like St. Louis. Although giving money to poor people wouldn't directly benefit the rich people, the poor are also part of the U.S. citizens who should not be abandoned but be saved.