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    Jonathan Kozol Savage Inequalities: Children in America’s Schools Jonathan Kozol‚ Savage Inequalities: Children in America’s Schools is an intense expose of unjust conditions in educating America’s children. Today’s society of living conditions‚ poverty‚ income‚ desegregation and political issues have forced inadequate education to many children across the country. Kozol discusses major reasons for discrepancies in schools: disparities of property taxes‚ racism and the conflict between state

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    A Tale of Two Jonathans When I was a young child‚ my elementary school years were packed with fun times‚ learning‚ and promise. I was always discovering exciting new things‚ meeting interesting new friends‚ and enjoying being a generally happy child. My school‚ Beryl Heights Elementary‚ an accredited school‚ met or exceeded all of the standards set forth by those in power‚ and as an institute of learning‚ would teach me the skills needed to become a productive citizen. While the aforementioned

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    Been Illiterate has a negative effect in life. Can you imagine not been able to eat what you want to eat at a restaurant or not been able to go out to any place because you do not know how to go back home. In USA‚ approximately 60 million people are illiterate. In the story “The Human Cost of an Illiterate SocietyJonathan Kozol discuss how illiteracy is powerlessness. To be able to have democracy we need to have principles of social equality and respect for the individual within a community

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    Death at an Early Age: The Review Brandon Kennedy I am reviewing Jonathan Kozol’s auto-biography‚ Death at an Early Age. This piece of literature provides the reader with an in-depth‚ personable account of schools of the 1960’s and the corruption that had flourished. Throughout this piece Kozol told of grim stories about public schools throughout Boston‚ Massachusetts; many of which would be incredibly disturbing. I believe Kozol’s thesis was the following: although legal segregation had been

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    is more difficult for the student to get help and get more of individual interaction with the teacher. Jonathan Kozol‚ who is an educator‚ compared schools from poor and upper class neighborhoods‚ in which he discovered there was a huge difference between the schools. The schools that are in poverty neighborhood had less resources to help students for their future. For example‚ according to Kozol‚ “the science labs…are 30 to 50 years outdated…The six lab stations in the room have empty holes where

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    me to better understand and practice writing as a process. These strategies include summarizing‚ collaboration‚ brainstorming‚ editing‚ revision and discussion. The first essay is a summary and response of the essay “The Human Cost of an Illiterate Society” written by Jonathan Kozol. The target audience is the literate who can read‚ and have the ability to do something about the illiteracy problem. The purpose of the essay is to raise awareness of the illiteracy issue in the United States and to inform

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    In Jonathan Kozol’s essay “The Human Cost of an Illiterate SocietyKozol relies on tugging on the reader’s heartstrings rather than presenting the statistics that would prove his point without a shadow of a doubt. In the end readers are left thinking “why should I care so much about the illiterate?” That being said‚ Kozol strikingly relates to the reader the many things that an illiterate person cannot do on a day to day basis. His accounts of illiteracy are shocking and heartbreaking to read

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    how being an illiterate person can take a large toll on your life. Illiterate’s have little control on what is going on around them and must bestow all faith in strangers. As said by James Madison‚ “A people who mean to be their own governors must arm themselves with the power knowledge gives". In our society‚ you must be educated to have any sort of impact on the way our lives are governed. Through education you can in a sense learn to be your own government. "The number of illiterate adults exceeds

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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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    Response to Savage Inequalities by Jonathan Kozol In Savage Inequalities‚ Jonathan Kozol describes the conditions of several of America’s public schools. Kozol visited schools in neighborhoods and found that there was a wide disparity in the conditions between the schools in the poorest inner-city communities and schools in the wealthier suburban communities. How can there be such huge differences within the public school system of a country‚ which claims to provide equal opportunity for all

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