The thing that comes to mind when thinking about comparing one of the stories we have read to our tutoring is from Savage Inequalities. Savage Inequalities was all about the education of poor inner city school systems. There was a lack of funds present so the education and facilities suffered as a whole. These are examples in America, the wealthiest country on the planet. I can only imagine how bad it can get in poorer countries throughout the world. Usually at the top of each lesson plan, it says to chit chat with your student for five to ten minutes. I usually ask them how long ago they moved to the United States, how many children they have and their ages, and then I try to ask them all kinds of different questions about their home country. When I ask this question, I usually always get something about the financial shape of the country. “I had to come here for money,” or “Jobs were not good over there.” I usually ask a question or two about the schooling system in their country too and I usually get a negative remark. I think to myself it’s funny that they are coming here for work with the economy here the way it’s been. I have not worked with one student that has had anything about a high school education. They all get manual labor jobs or minimum wage jobs like a cash register worker at a gyro shop in the mall, a store clerk, or a maid at a hotel. Where the money is put into schools is where the highest learning will be achieved. Money controls almost everything. It’s sad, but true. That’s why No Child Left Behind is a detrimental plan to our education system, but that’s for another blog post.
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