Argumentative Essay: Chicago Public Schools

As a soon to be Chicago Public Schools alum, in my lifetime I have experienced school budget cuts, teacher displacements, and two teacher strikes. I have always believed that education is the key to success and extended opportunities, but for the past two years, the optimism that I have always had has slowly started to deteriorate. Everyday when I view the news, it seems that my education is being attacked. Whether it is on a federal, state, or city level. Recently, I just learned that the Trump administration is planning to make significant budget cuts to the Pell Grant program; the state of Illinois seems to also be doomed. Because the state has no budget, funding for the MAP Grant program is tentative. As far as the city, it seems that Chicago has the power to invest in every project except public education.
I face the criticism of classmates when they say things like,”it is no longer our {the senior class} responsibility to fight for students’ right, Soon we will be off at college and this won’t matter at all.” I disagree with their assertions because I feel that as soon to be CPS alums, we need not to forget where we came from and try our best to uplift a system that is constantly