What kind of imagery comes to mind when the word savage its said aloud? What kind of connotation does you think drives this word? Primitive, barbarian, negligent? Because if so, it’s a perfect word that depicts what author Jonathan Kozol, in his book Savage Inequalities: Children in America’s School, is trying to portray about the United States School System. His book opens the eyes of the reader to the worse and best of what schooling in the U.S is. Savage inequalities explores the many ways the system can succeed, and the ways it’s not, and just like Educational psychology it tries to explain why this is happening.
Kozol’s descriptions, shine a light into the history, present, and future of what the schools and intuitions hold for the
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Louis, like many other schools, they suffer from budget cuts, underpaid teachers, lack supplies, and lack of people fighting to make things better. He explains that this cycle, of being given the least, continues, and people by this time have been accustomed to being denied of even the basics. Even as the book ends, and parents have tried to fight the system back, the system has once again let them down. Kids, even though they are innocent, are prevented, cheated as he says, from being given the best possible. All in a country that could do so, and that constantly depicts that this dream of reaching success and happiness can be made a …show more content…
Hawkins teaching, which closely emulated the social constructivism learning theory. Her method was not only a way of teaching, but assessing. 1st period was of no grades, which meant no competition. 2nd period kids were grade on what they thought their peers. 3rd period two-two approach where the students would get the same grade as their parents. Finally, for the 4th period, students were graded on the individual’s performance. It was the first time in the book that someone was teaching this kids what she called, “Number on: self-motivation. Number two: self-esteem. Number three: you help your sister and your brother” (Kazol 48)
Even though some teacher stood out, many had no idea what they were doing. Everything from class management to even the intention of teaching were rarely present. The ratio of kids to students was overwhelming. Something that we have learned doesn’t help the teacher focus on the individual needs of the students, nor the student learn.
If going by Bronfenbrenner’s theory, and how from the interactions closes to us, to all the way to the law of the land affects a person, these children had a disadvantage from begging to end. The worse of it all, was that it was projected in to the future that the situation wasn’t going more suitable, but that their children will also experience the