the book “Savage Inequalities” by Jonathan Kozol‚ I was highly unaware of how poor and neglected some schools are in America. I thought that every school in America had a great educational system and educators‚ but clearly I was mistaken. I knew that every school in America was not equal; there were obviously some schools that were better than others. However‚ upon reading “Savage Inequalities” I discovered that it was far worse than I actually knew. The book exposed me to racism/inequality in the educational
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Savage Inequalities: Essay on Chapters 1-4 Chris Hendrick Mayer‚ PHIL 1200-100 In chapter one of Savage Inequalities‚ by Jonathan Kozol‚ he speaks of the disastrous state of East St. Louis. He describes in horrific detail‚ the condition that many school children from grades K-12 are forced to learn in. East St. Louis is one of the worst ghettos in Illinois‚ and Kozol goes into great detail about the multitude of
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Jonathan Kozol has been very involved in education throughout his lifetime. Kozol had no initial intentions on getting involved in the education of our youth he simply stumbled upon it. He went into a lower income area of his town and asked an African American church member what he could do to help; the man replied with become a teacher (Jonathan Kozol at BOOST Conference). This was the beginning of a long and passionate journey into education. The “Savage Inequalities” Kozol has written a book
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In his book‚ “The Shame of the Nation”‚ Jonathan Kozol outlines core inequalities in the American educational system. According to Kozol although great steps were made in the 1960s and 1970s to integrate schools‚ by the end of the 1980s schools had begun to re-segregate. In inner cities such as Chicago‚ eighty-seven percent of children enrolled in public schools were either black or Hispanic‚ and only ten percent were white (page#). It seems that there are many different factors contributing to the
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The author of Savage inequalities is Jonathan Kozol and this chapters describes life in East St. Louis. East St. Louis is a black community on the Mississippi floodplain. Kozol states that East St. Louis is the most distressed small city in America. The people of East St. Louis are exposed to the burning garbage and foul chemicals from nearby industries. The people are also exposed to toxic waste‚ raw sewage‚ and the dangers of lead poisoning. The city‚ which is 98% black‚ has no obstetric services
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In Jonathan Kozol’s book Savage Inequalities he discusses the differences in education between schools from different races and wealth communities. Kozol did observations on a variety of public schools in St. Louis‚ Bronx‚ and Rye both in New York. Kozol visits the areas where he explains how it is unsanitary and very low on staff that lacks the basic tools and supplies for teaching. For some schools it has very outdated equipment that has been there for at least 40-50 years old. Kozol adds on and
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“Amazing Grace” by Jonathan Kozol. Kozol went to the South Bronx and met a little boy named Cliffie. Kozol was taken by Cliffie on a walk in the neighborhood. He learnt that this city is harsh. There are lots of meanings in this story‚ this story shows that everyone struggles with something in their life right now. Everyone struggles‚ therefore sometimes people are sad and stressed. In Amazing Grace Cliffie was telling to Kozol how once he gave homeless man his pizza‚ kozol asked “Did your parents
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In his book‚ Ordinary Resurrections: Children in the Years of Hope‚ Jonathan Kozol pulls back the veil and provides readers with a glimpse of the harsh conditions and unrelenting hope that exists in a community located in the South Bronx called Mott Haven. Mr. Kozol provides his own socially conscious and very informative view of the issues facing the children and educators in this poverty ravaged neighborhood. Just his commentary would paint a very bleak picture of the future. It is the words
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In the article Still Separate‚ Still Unequal by Jonathan Kozol‚ the segregation is explained and examples are given to demonstrate that the segregation is relapsing all around our country. Kozol argues that segregation is still a big issue in our education system‚ and limits for accomplishment are being set by school districts‚ which is making the achievement gap between white and black students. A greater part of schools in urban schools have predominantly black and Hispanic populations. Kozol’s
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Report on "Children in America’s Schools"‚ a documentary movie based on a book by Jonathan Kozol called "Savage Inequalities: Children in America’s Schools". "Children in America’s Schools" is a documentary movie based on the Jonathan Kozol book "Savage Inequalities: Children in America’s Schools" and looks at the school system in America circa 1996. The movie describes the disparate quality of education that exists between poor and rich school districts in the United States. Entering schools in
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