Still Seperate Still Unequal (quotes)

Jack Wilmott
Prof. Young
EngW_1100
20 October 2016

"If you do what I tell you to do, how i tell you to do it, when i tell you to do it, you'll get it right"
This quote relates to my essay prompt because it shows the mentality of teaching in low income schools. Teachers run their classes as if they were drill sergeants telling students to follow every direction exactly. This affects the quality of students education because they don't get the chance to be creative and figure out problems on their own.

"In the 94 percent of districts in New York State where white children make up the majority, nearly 80 percent of students graduate high school in four years. In the 6 percent of districts where black and Hispanic students make up the majority only 40 percent do so."
 This quote shows a direct link to social class and success as stated in my essay. Statistics show that high schools dominated by minorities tend to have really low graduation rates. If students don't graduate high school than their chances of being successful go down tremendously.

"When minority parents ask for something better for their kids, she says "the assumption is that these are parents who can be discounted. These are kids who just don't count children we don't value."
In my essay I wrote about how social class affects a persons chances for success. This statement shows that people who are of a lower social class are looked at as invaluable and their opinion isn't really taken into consideration. Even if their child's school is falling apart and doesn't  have any updated facilities such as science labs and text books they can't do anything about it. This shows that even if children in lower social classes work hard in school and get good grades they are credited less than wealthier students. This could cause problems in the future for children in lower social classes when looking at colleges and for jobs.

"This, then, is the accusation that Alliyah and her classmates send our way "You have... We do not have."
Children in low social classes that go to low income school's do not get the same opportunities and perks as children in wealthier districts. Many school's don't even let younger children have recess, keep the bathroom's clean, or update any of their classrooms. Mold could be growing all over walls while streams of water come into the building when it rains and nothing would be done about it. How can children in these school's be expected to do the same as wealthier students, when the place they go to learn and become successful looks like a run down warehouse?