The schools in America are clearly unequal, and far too often, still segregated and discriminatory, which is a true reflection that America still has a lot of ground to cover in order to make up for historic prejudices as well as the prejudices of today which thereby serves to keep those that are the unfavored, the disadvantaged, and the poor often excluded from their children having a fair chance of receiving a public education that would be of true value to them.
Look, it has to be said, those in the most impoverished circumstances need to have at a minimum, within their community, an educational sanctuary that will serve not only to feed the students food, but to school them in a way and manner in which they will be accomplished in the fundamentals of not just reading, writing, and arithmetic, but also a prevailing moral code of what a good societal member consists of, which is consistent with the values of that country which professes to believe in life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness, for all.
To the degree that America does not care a whit about dealing with systemic poverty as well as injustice is one thing, but to take those that are newly born or have immigrated to America at a young age, and to not provide them with a fair and equal opportunity to attend public schools that will do an outstanding job of educating them, is to destroy the hopes and dreams of those that have the potential to do wonderful things but are essentially closed out from having a reasonable chance of this actually occurring.
Each generation should want to aspire to be better than the previous generation, and in consideration that the rich don’t need any help, and the middle class though squeezed, seems to be able to maneuver their way through society so that they can manage alright; this thus signifies that this government of, for, and by the people needs to create citadels of sound public education so that this country will have the best and brightest throughout all age groups and income levels, and thus become what it claims it desires to be, which is great, again.
Indeed, most people can handle just about anything that comes their way that is unfavorable if they can see that there is some legitimate pathway that will either make their life better, or if not that, their children’s life better. We live in a day and age in which the separation between those that are ill-educated as compared to those that have a good education has never been more stark, so that, it behooves this nation to see that those that are currently the least amongst us, have their fair opportunity to prove themselves by being educated in a facility that is structured to do exactly that, which would make not only for a more cultured society, but also a more inclusive one, as well, for those that have educated their minds are the same that are well positioned to be successful and to do good for their community.