Unequal Education

This video hit close to home for me, i too lived in an area alot like this where ther was condsiered the rich school and the poor school.... This movie was about 2 local New York public schools riverdale, "the rich kids school" and South Fordham, "the poor kids school". the two school only being two miles apart, but it almost feels like two worlds apart because they are so different. in the video it showed how the riverdale school, had multiple instraments in their band and gave kids the oppurtunity to explore options of instraments, whereas the south fordham school only got keyboards and they all learned how to play it together on the white board with one teachers in front of them.  the poor school also didnt have enough money to hire educated teahcers to come to their classrooms most adults who worked there didnt have degrees in teaching or anything at all.. verses the righ school that had all licensed and educated teachers working for them. the fears of the students were alot different as well, kids on the poor side of town were afraid to end up ont he streets, and not graduating highschool, whereas the rish kids were afraid that they wouldnt have their favorite snacks for snack time...  two totally different worlds even though they are only separted by 2 miles...  i also noticed the teachers attitudes at both school were extremly diffrent on one hand you have teachers yelling at students telling them to behave like humans and breaking up fights in the classroom then you have other teachers who talk calmly and leave students to do their work with no problems or interuptions at all. At the end of the video lonnie an elementary aged school goer didnt even want to go to school... wheres as on the other hand kids from the rich school were talking about going to princeton or harvard for continuing education... sad but its all around us. I know how lonnie felt being a child from the poor side of town growing up... its not easy but it is possible. thats what i as a teacher  am going to make known to my students. it doesnt matter how much money you have, what matters is how hard you work and how bad you want it. if you put your mind to it you can do anything even if its out of town or or out of your price range with hard work and devotion you can make it happen.