Sadly, there are some really smart kids out there who have the potential to do really well on the ACT, but they just do not have the resources to learn everything they need and then they can't go to that good school. Many schools out there are not like the school I go to. It is shocking to some kids in my school that many schools do not have computers, or even enough textbooks for all the students. That is very sad because you never know who could find the cure for cancer or be the first person to discover something great.
Thursday, December 3, 2009
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This week in class we have been talking about social classes. When we looked at the chart about ACT scores & money, I was not shocked by what I saw at all. Going to the upper class high school I go to, most kids do get scores in the upper 20's & in the 30's. The kids I go to school with do have a lot of money & even I have it pretty good. Most kids will get tutoring, but even if they don't they still do good. I know we all do good on the ACT because we go to a great educational school. We have "the best of the best" every resource is at the tip of our fingers, so it is not shocking to people when they see our scores. It would be shocking if we did not get in the upper 20's.
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It is unfortunate that some kids with great potential are stifled by their social class. On the flip side, its unfortunate that kids of high status have their interests stifled because of their class, too!
ReplyDeletei completely agree it does stink that those in poorer areas who dont have the same resources to succeed as us will basically suffer, and those who are not ever remotely as academically adequate as the kid from the poorer community, but leave in our upper class community will still end up better off than him/her
ReplyDeleteI agree, you never know how great someone can be when they don't get the opportunity or resources to prove it,
ReplyDeleteChristina,
ReplyDeleteAfter reading your post, it is hard to understand why today's lesson was so difficult for you to understand. The point is that children living in Appalachia (or any other poverty-stricken area of America) do not have a school like ours. They also don't have parents like ours; these children have parents who are not around, parents addicted to drugs, parents who didn't complete college or even high school, parents that don't give them direction or an understanding of how to not end up like that. Furthermore, these children face myriad health issues such as obesity, malnutrition, tooth decay, exposure to carcinogens, etc...there are few jobs few opportunities...If you can see how going to our school is a blessing can you see how you are blessed in these other areas as well? We are very lucky. And yes we work hard, but we have an advantage over someone starting from a place like that. That is social class. That is all.