This video compares that lives of two boys both in the seventh grade who go to two different schools in New York. One of the boys attends a school in the poorer district and another attends a school in the middle class area.
The Middle class area school is called Riverdale and it is in a nice, safe area. They have a full band. All of their teachers are certified to teach. Nice classroom sizes. Safe and fun activities to do after school. All of the teachers believe in their students. Students want to be there.
The poorer school is called South Fordham. It is a fenced in school that doesn't seem safe. They have electrical key boards instead of a full band. A lot of their teachers aren't certified to teach. After school they barely have any safe places to hang out. It is a crowded school. The kids do not want to be there.
These two schools are very unequal, which leads to two very different education opportunities. In the video it says, "you buy a house, you buy a school" This leads to very unequal school systems. It makes the poor people unable to leave their poor areas. They are stuck.
Why aren't we able (as a nation) to fund the poor/ intercity schools that need help? Everybody deserves a chance to get an equal education.
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