Fremont High School Summary

Simone Haddad
Mr. Harnish
Engl-111
Mar 3, 2014
The Divided States Life happens in ways you cannot control. People have hard times to achieve an education due conflicts they have no control over. Many statistics show the many ways of what will most likely happen to people that are born into a certain class. In the articles, “Homeless on Campus” by Eleanor J. Bador, “Fremont High School” by Jonathan Kozol, and “Of the 1%, by the 1%, for the 1%” by Joseph E. Stiglitz, show many ways of how society forms one person’s life in a way they cannot control. America displays their citizens as equal, but these reports published by the authors suggest otherwise by explaining the unequal lifestyles of the high, middle, and low class of America. There
The article titled, “Fremont High School”, shows another example of how students are treated unequally due to the American government. It states how the many faults in a school all gather together to greatly affect your education and learning abilities. “Some of the classrooms “do not have air-conditioning”, so that students become “red-faced and unable to concentrate” during “the extreme heat of summer.”” (708). this is stated by the article to show the unacceptable learning environment these students have to deal with. If the “United” States would fund the school for a proper learning environment, then they can be considered equal. Until then these students are forced to stay in these inappropriately heated classrooms and have to focus on school work while dripping in sweat from attacking heat waves. The use of the restroom also comes into a big aspect for these students. “Fremont High School, as court papers documents, has “15 fewer bathrooms than the law requires.” Of the limited number of bathrooms that are working in the school, “only one or two…are open and unlocked for girls to use.” Long lines of girls are “waiting to use the bathrooms.”” (707). A perfect statement showing that even the government is breaking the law by not providing a legal amount of restrooms to these students. These students attend this school for a time of eight hours a day and some end up not using the restroom at all. Obviously people feel extremely uncomfortable when needing to use the restroom, on top of this discomfort they would still have to attempt to try and learn and achieve an education. Most, if not all, of these students are unable to concentrate while feeling the need to relieve themselves. This again all leads to the inequality these students have to deal with. Education is a very important value for people to have. People can take