research and book connections of lowest achieving schools in Bay Area

Marco Cuevas

English 1A

Professor Ms. Williams

2 October, 2013

Poor School Funding

When comparing the information of Savage inequalities and the statistics on the web of the California Department of Education that focused on low achieving schools in California, I was able to acknowledge the pattern of why the education is poor in the areas that appeared but not in a single wealthy city that we see this kind of issue. One of the things that stood out the most to me was that some of the cities that they mention just like Oakland and L.A have a big concentration of minority students. So we can see that minority groups play a big role on deciding the education that students will get living in such towns. For example in the book the author mentions Chicago and we know that there are a big group of minorities in that specific city.

Another point that stuck out the most was the fact that a lot of the cities mentioned on the Lowest Achieving Schools in California seemed to be rural industrial areas. Some of the schools, for example, in the county of Alameda are around a huge Industrial area surrounded for example in Oakland by the Oakland Port which is a major international trading of goods ground . We know that there is a direct correlation with industrial areas and a poor education, due to the circumstances that a lot of the cities in industrial areas often require a lot of people for work and students in bad schools drop out and their only choice is going out to the work-field. Also the fact that in this type of cities violence tends to play a major role in education we can see why students enrolled in some of the schools in the area, have really low performing students.

Due to minorities being a huge population in a city and a city being industrial and communities within a poor city experience great deals of violence and substance abuse individuals, we know that there is social turmoil within the residents of that city. A lot of these issues that low income cities have directly affect the education system within that county and or city. Low income schools a lot of the times do not have the proper pupils in school nor less in a classroom they are often overcrowded which overwhelms a teacher since it is a lot more students, and it makes the learning of students much harder with many other students in the same class. They also a lot of the times ca not provide proper school materials like books, good desks and chairs and good buildings, etc… a lot of the things I mention here can connect to exactly some f the circumstances in other cities outside of the bay area and California in general. We saw in the book for example this issues happening in Chicago, New York and other cities. So we know that education in the United States needs a big reform in their educational system and it need it NOW.

chapter 3 SI

SEGREGATION ESTABLISHES SYSTEMS THAT ARE SEPARATE AND INHERENTLY UNEQUAL. Just as i proceeded to read chapter three of the Savage Inequalities I encounter a quote that directly connected to  how segregation unfairly and unequally separates groups of people due to class level. The quote states "the contrast between public schools in each of these two neighborhoods is obvious to any visitor... speaks enthusiastically of his teaching staff. at Public School 79... the  principal says that he is forced to take the "tenth-best" teachers...(102) the principals of each of the two schools being discussed can be directly correlated with their response, and their standing point because it is assured that the teacher at River-dale, School 24 it's definitely getting payed a higher wage due to the rich neighborhood he is teaching at then any of the instructors teaching at the poor School 79 were mainly poor minority students attend. The differences in schools because of class level because of income is totally unfair because every child no matter what the circumstances are should have the right to receive an equal education. Even though the schools are under the same districts is as if they were not because one school has a better system then the other.

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Marco Cuevas

Quote: I wonder if we have ever asked ourselves what education means… what does this so called education mean.?

American society in my opinion has created a totally erroneous concept of education. The way in which society has made created the education system completely throws off the importance of education since there is so much corruption. Not because one person could not have the funds to possibly attend college or graduate from high school, one is dumb. No, completely wrong because life experiences can at times teach you more important daily skills than school do. If education was equal and free for all we would not have this ongoing issue of inequality because we would all be on the same level. No one would feel left out and uninformed because we would all be somehow educated on the things that actually matter in life. If education was attainable by all there would be equality but unfortunately is not. So what is really the point of education then.? is it for us to become better individuals or just simply societies way of influencing or is it just for the fact that if you succeed in college you will become wealthy, and obviously this not being necessarily truth as one will not become rich just because u succeed in college. Education and this whole U.S educational system is wrong, they seem to put a lot of attention on those schools that have good standings but they neglect schools in for example inner suburban cities where there is a lot of poverty. The 1% of America and the wealthy people are strongly and constantly bringing minorities’ people down through education. this is I believe still a form of racism because for the most part the people attending private institutions and big name universities are Caucasians. And in a smaller scale a form of present world segregation.

III "rule of three asignment"

Part III

A school has its own rules and norms. In a classroom the instructor has its own rules, the instructor along with the school work together in order to ensure safety for all the students. When we choose not to comply with the norms and regulations of the classroom, it creates a gap of disadvantage to those whom are there to learn because it does not allow them to reach their full academic potential in order to succeed in life.

The disadvantages other students are put through because of the disobedience of others are significant. When groups of students undergo these circumstances they attain a higher risk of not reaching their academic goals, because many of them can fall into the same behaviors as other students whom are not complying with the norms of the classroom. When this becomes the case and we look at the bigger picture, we can see that due to this cause and or similar causes our communities will be the ones affected. Our communities will suffer due to a poor educational system in such way that the outcomes of many of this students will not be the most efficient ones, due to the circumstances they encountered in their earlier years. Disobedience in the classroom should never be ok.

Furthermore, when a student is at disadvantage and we look at the bigger concept, which is their outcome as students, we will see that because of acts of disobedience from students in the classroom the possible wealth among people will not spread out due to them not being able to reach their academic goals. If there was total compliance of the regulations of the classroom and school there is a higher possibility that those students with the drive of achieving their goals, could of made them possible, if there was no disobedience in their respective classrooms. Therefore the possible wealth that could have been spread out could no longer be if students are being disruptive of the learning of others.

As we look at the issue of disobedience in a classroom we can acknowledge that there is unfairness, meaning that equality is not at its point. There is inequality due to the fact that learning is not being spread out equally to all of the students in the classroom. It is unfair for those whom are taking their education seriously and would like to learn new things. If students are not respectful and considerate of each other’s wants and needs, the students will not be able to reach their academic potentials and succeed in life.

first blog

Marco Cuevas

I tried customizing my blogger profile but could not quite understand how to. I wanted to add something to do with nature and soccer since I enjoy being outdoors and love playing soccer. And, possibly adding some sound to it (music).

I feel like the ideas that I have for my blogger reflect me and my personality because nature for the most part is a very calm atmosphere and I feel like I am a very calm, caring person. And soccer because is one of my hobbies and I really enjoy playing it. It is my passion. At this point and time what are most important to me are obviously my family and school. I am passionate about being in school because I want to be educated and would like to have a stable career. But mainly to have some going for my upcoming future and hopefully family and be economically stable for when this time comes. I hope that this class teaches me the proper skills to be able to keep on moving forward with school and give me a life learning lesson, something that will just stay with me for the rest of my life. Some of my most valued things will help me get through college because they will help me stay motivated and therefore making me wanting to keep on moving forward