Wendy De Leon

Professor. Mozzini

Sociology 01

23 July 2017

Savage Inequalities

Iris Solomons history class is known as the highlight class of that school, but

some of the students in that class are hopeless about their future. With that being said in

Solomans class there are girls who are currently pregnant and girls who already have

babies in their senior class. They do not think it is wrong to have babies at such a young

age, and have zero hope in finishing school. The school system is basically useless in the

other words it is out of order, and getting a diploma from a ghetto high school does not

really count or is not worth anything in the United States. Those girls are bitter and

negative about finishing school that they need some type of motivation to continue to

strive for at least a diploma. There are about 10 to 15 percent of students who are in an

actual academic program, and the percentages that those students will continue to go to

school is distribute properly.

The view that Jennifer has on the schools in the poor areas is very poor. She

describes the schools in the Bronx as hell. Her family and herself are normally from

the Bronx, but since the schools there are hell they moved out of the Bronx and

into Rye. She doesnt believe that it is fair for her parents or anyone in general to

pay for taxes in order to support them. Paying more taxes wont do any change

towards neither the schools nor the education itself, and she believes it will not

benefit her in any kind of way. She also claims that she agrees that everyone should
take the same courses regardless of how bad your school system is. I believe that

everyone should be able to take the same courses because everyone should start off

at the same pace, so that no one stays behind.

East St. Louis schools have no school funds, sewages everywhere, and get no

support whatsoever. The majority of the population living in East St. Louis is African

Americans. It is also said that children happen to live with waste in their back yards.

Poor black neighborhoods typically do not get the assistance that is needed and it all

reflects and affect the youth. Now the schools in Rye was way different it was

populated by the Whites, Asians, a few Hispanics, and a lot less African Americans,

and they were considered privileged. The schools in Rye were put well together

meaning it had a lot less damages as oppose to the schools here. Rye schools had a

lot of opportunities because parents contributed together, which led to better

education. They were able to take Advanced Placement classes, and had Latin and

foreign languages. Schools in East St. did not have any of this, which is why they had

the worst education system for the students who attended there.

Majority of this I believe it reflects back on the government for not providing

enough money to schools. Because East St. Louis has a poor background the

government should be able to provide a lot more money, so they can improve the

place, and better it for future references. In my opinion I think the change in schools

is bias because I see little to no change within the 20 years. There is still over

populated schools, and also there is still discrimination going on towards everyone.

Having overcrowded schools affect the education because that means a lot of

students get cut off from classes, and usual dont get to take the classes needed.