Ashley Calixte P.1 10/1/14 Shame of a Nation by Jonathon Kozal Jonathon Kozol reminisces to when he began teaching and how this grew to him participating in the civil right movement. Kozol introduces the book by looking at schools that are segregated such as Thurgood Marshal elementary school and Rosa Park elementary school. Majority of these schools that people like Rosa Parks, Thurgood Marshall, and Martin Luther King Jr. fight to join races together consists of black and Hispanic students. He is unhappy on how segregation of schools hasn’t improved gradually over the years. He believes that minorities are not integrated with white students especially in inner city schools. Kozol sees how corruptive the education systems are. He continues to say that the students are treated unfairly since not every child is able to have a good education. He attacks the wealthy …show more content…
He also sees a difference when schools are given more money for their education, a lot of student scores are highly improved. Jonathon Kozol spends his time discussing his position on education systems that he even convinces us to change the ways of the systems. He wants to see different ethnic/race backgrounds united in one school. Kozol concludes that no matter how much students and teachers work hard there will always be schools that can’t support themselves. He distinguishes between races and poverty of a failing school and a succeeding school. He shows the statistical rate for dropouts and how both schools of different form of education. He clarifies that when schools are given funds, students are positively affected. Jonathon Kozol describes how the education system should look like. He gives gratitude toward teachers that go beyond for the students and has hope for the future the children. Kozol doesn’t put the blame toward the schools but he points his finger at the