Dangered or Endangered
Dangerous or Endangered?
Prompt #1 (324 words): Jennifer Tilton in chapter 2 talks about a shift to a “voluntary state.” She goes on to explain that it was caused by a loss in public benefits in Oakland. The state of California had to reduced this budget to compensate for losses elsewhere. The loss in public benefits means nearly no funding for recreation parks and activity centers. This caused parents and concerned citizens to take action themselves. Tilton mainly focused on educating and keeping the children involved in extracurricular activities. With more free time after school and no extracurricular activities, people begin to think the worst. They believe that this is a recipe for kids to become uninterested in school and possibly become criminals. I personally think that the public should not have to be responsible for setting up extracurricular activities and events at local parks on their own. I will say that there are obviously some positive things that could come out of that. It would really bring a community together, everyone would build stronger relationships with their neighbor, and kids would have multiple role models to look up to among the community. Public financing should be made available to the community because honestly not a whole lot of middle class citizens and parents have unlimited amounts of time to volunteer, organize, and finance extracurricular activities and recreation events. As a community member one should want the best for their child's future and the future of all children in the community. I was glad to read about how the some neighborhoods took it upon themselves to help their children when the public funding was little to none. The NCPC wasn't just parents it was also concerned citizens and for the public to step up and take action was an amazing thing. Funding from the state of California or the city of Oakland would have tremendously helped out the volunteers that wanted a brighter future for the children of the
Prompt #1 (324 words): Jennifer Tilton in chapter 2 talks about a shift to a “voluntary state.” She goes on to explain that it was caused by a loss in public benefits in Oakland. The state of California had to reduced this budget to compensate for losses elsewhere. The loss in public benefits means nearly no funding for recreation parks and activity centers. This caused parents and concerned citizens to take action themselves. Tilton mainly focused on educating and keeping the children involved in extracurricular activities. With more free time after school and no extracurricular activities, people begin to think the worst. They believe that this is a recipe for kids to become uninterested in school and possibly become criminals. I personally think that the public should not have to be responsible for setting up extracurricular activities and events at local parks on their own. I will say that there are obviously some positive things that could come out of that. It would really bring a community together, everyone would build stronger relationships with their neighbor, and kids would have multiple role models to look up to among the community. Public financing should be made available to the community because honestly not a whole lot of middle class citizens and parents have unlimited amounts of time to volunteer, organize, and finance extracurricular activities and recreation events. As a community member one should want the best for their child's future and the future of all children in the community. I was glad to read about how the some neighborhoods took it upon themselves to help their children when the public funding was little to none. The NCPC wasn't just parents it was also concerned citizens and for the public to step up and take action was an amazing thing. Funding from the state of California or the city of Oakland would have tremendously helped out the volunteers that wanted a brighter future for the children of the