Jonathan Kozol discusses the failing of the American school system through his observation in the different cities of public school. The major problems are the segregation and inequality education between the schools of different classes and races as white or African and Latino American. Such as unequal distribution of funds, poor quality of environment, the failing of teaching method, the insufficiency of teachers and the irresponsibility of the teachers’ attitude for the education impede the poor children to progress their education as the result, only one of the students in a class may graduate from the college and some of them turn to the gangsters. Kozol tries to testify that the racial segregation occurs around the neighborhood however, people do not recognize because of indifference that the government neglects them just because of being poor and the minorities; therefore, African and Latin American children are not provided the adequate environment for taking the classes, including the lack of the basic tools for their learning. Thus he urges for some immediate solutions to prevent the growth of the deteriorated educational system for poor and the minorities and also against the possible consequence of increasing the minorities of crime.
First, I would like to focus about the poor quality of environment which impacts the life of African and Latin American causing them to lead the lower standard life and serious healthy problem. One of the examples is the people are exposed by air pollution and sewer water which contains the toxic substances and unsanitary system such as no regular garbage collection that all these conditions produce for them the series diseases and death. Indeed, the supply of the unfairness for the distribution of electric service and lack of the basic tools such as textbooks and other shortage of materials for the education cause the children in difficulty and lateness for learning or taking no interest in the study. Other problem that I want to mention is the short supply of teachers and the failing of teaching method. The number of children have no teachers frequently even substitute teachers because of the low salary that it is hard to keep teachers in public school especially who consider capable and youthful. Therefore, the most of teachers are old and they are not enthusiastic to teach the children, as the result, many children receive a diploma even though, they cannot read. So the children graduate the school without enough learning because of the failure of the educational system and unequal distribution of funds. All these innocent children just being poor and minorities, they have no dream for the future because they are isolated from the support of government and any other supporters. Therefore, they cannot continue their education and the majority of children are looking for something else for living from the early age and some of them become depraved because of their hard circumstances, committing the crime. We know that the children are our future and the education is the way to be bright future but the children without education, our future will be dark and more violence and without morality. According to the book, black in East St. Louis have very low income, therefore the majority of population lives on welfare but I think if the federal government supports the better distribution of funds for the education, their class standard will be increased and the people live not depending on welfare. Do you think it is the best alternative the maximum support of the federal government funds for the education to decrease the poverty and the crime? Or do you think it is more important that the government should make more effort to improve the environment for decreasing against the diseases and the crime? What is the best alternative to improve quickly their class standard?
