This meeting brought together parents from the upper-class families and the parents of the newly admitted poor children. It is evident from the very beginning that the schools new socialist policy was controversial. The poor children are bullied and told that they do not deserve to be there. The program that allowed these children to be admitted is one of many examples of the leftist changes instituted by Salvador Allende before he was ousted. During the discussion we hear opinions from both sides of the isle. The upper class parents suggest that the children just cannot mix and that their children should never have been exposed to liberal ideas, or the poverty in their country. When one woman from the slums speaks, she tells a tragic story about why she moved to that town in the first place. She says that her husband struggled to find a job and when he did find a job caring for animals on a farm he was treated unfairly. If the animals became ill, he would not be
This meeting brought together parents from the upper-class families and the parents of the newly admitted poor children. It is evident from the very beginning that the schools new socialist policy was controversial. The poor children are bullied and told that they do not deserve to be there. The program that allowed these children to be admitted is one of many examples of the leftist changes instituted by Salvador Allende before he was ousted. During the discussion we hear opinions from both sides of the isle. The upper class parents suggest that the children just cannot mix and that their children should never have been exposed to liberal ideas, or the poverty in their country. When one woman from the slums speaks, she tells a tragic story about why she moved to that town in the first place. She says that her husband struggled to find a job and when he did find a job caring for animals on a farm he was treated unfairly. If the animals became ill, he would not be