'Fremont High School Discussion Essay\r'

'While I might provoke complained about the lack of an AP class that I was evoke in, I was again reminded of my luck when Mireya discussed her interest in simply wanting â€Å"… to take an AP class” (Kozol 645). What was horizontal more(prenominal) disturbing to picture was how the school’s lack of proper funding caused students to be pressured into enrolling in non-academic classes, such as sewing and hair-dressing II. Finally, the sadness in that classroom was brought to a climax when I could twain see and feel the â€Å"programing” within the students’ minds.\r\nWhen Mireya was talk of the town about her reluctance to take the sewing class, a boy named Fortino said, â€Å"You’re ghetto… so we send you o the factory… you’re ghetto †so you sew! ” (Kozol 645). horizontal though he was probably speaking sardonically out of his own frustrations, Fortino’s words ablation deep. I am awargon that the re are better and worse high schools out there than Fremont High School. And yet, reading Kozol’s account of the fantastic conditions that are endured by these students made me feel more aware of the severity of improper or pitiful education that poorly funded schools provide.\r\nAll of these problems, alongside my ken of my fortunate years of education, make me wonder, just as Mireya did, as to why, â€Å"… [students] who need it so much more get so much less? ” (Kozol 648). \r\n'