Jonathan Kozol‚ a Harvard graduate‚ argues that illiteracy cause the loss of choice or freedom and leads to many problems. Kozol highlights his argument with examples of when illiteracy can be binding such as "Many illiterates cannot read the admonition on a pack of cigarettes. Neither the Surgeon General’s warning nor its reproduction on the package can alert them to the risks."(20). He gives extensive and detailed scenarios in order to raise awareness on the harm of illiteracy. Kozol addresses
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Fremont the School of Nightmares Jonathan Kozol’s “Fremont High School” describes the tragedies of Fremont High and how the staff and students are affected. Kozol shows Fremont High School a school in LA. He explains the squalor conditions both staff and students have to put up with. He discusses everything from the student count to bathrooms all with supporting details and first-hand accounts. He presents Fremont as a failure of the highest degree for a place of education. He shows the inequality
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Hendrick Mayer‚ PHIL 1200-100 In chapter one of Savage Inequalities‚ by Jonathan Kozol‚ he speaks of the disastrous state of East St. Louis. He describes in horrific detail‚ the condition that many school children from grades K-12 are forced to learn in. East St. Louis is one of the worst ghettos in Illinois‚ and Kozol goes into great detail about the multitude of problems facing the city and more importantly‚ the school children living there. The
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In the article “Still Separate‚ Still Unequal” written by Jonathan Kozol‚ Kozol expose and expresses his concern of unequal treatment in the schools according to whether they are in an urban or suburban area. Using a series of reasoning and logic techniques‚ he then proves his argument that because of the segregation in schools‚ minorities are not receiving the same education and opportunities as predominantly white schools. Kozol uses statistic‚ one on one interviews with students and personal reflections
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Jonathan Kozol: A Tale of Two Schools: How Poor Children Are Lost to the World The Essay; A Tale of Two Schools: How Poor Children Are Lost to the World; was written by Jonathan Kozol. The essay reveals the contrast in our nation’s school system by comparing one of the most affluent schools in the country‚ with a poor inner-city school. Du Sable High School in the ghettos of Chicago and New Trier High in a near by Chicago suburb. Kozol examines many of the problems that face public schools today
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In the text Still Separate‚ Still Unequal by Jonathan Kozol‚ the segregation in education is discussed and examples are given to prove that the segregation is regressing all around our country. Jonathan Kozolargues that segregation is still a major issue in our education system‚ and limits for achievement are being set by school districts‚ which is only making the achievement gap between black and white students wider. When reading Still Separate‚ Still Unequal‚ Kozol’s argument indicates
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Nayar ENGL 1301 2/7/13 The Effect of Illiteracy Jonathan Kozol is an American author‚ professor and activist. He is 76 years old. He spent his childhood in Boston‚ Massachusetts. In 1958‚ Kozol earned his Bachelor of Art (B.A.) degree in Harvard University and was offered a Rhodes scholarship. However‚ he declined it and moved to Paris‚ France in 4 years. He began to write “The Fume of Poppies” (1958). After that‚ Kozol moved back to the United State to participate in “the civil rights
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In Jonathan Kozol’s essay “The Human Cost of an Illiterate Society” Kozol relies on tugging on the reader’s heartstrings rather than presenting the statistics that would prove his point without a shadow of a doubt. In the end readers are left thinking “why should I care so much about the illiterate?” That being said‚ Kozol strikingly relates to the reader the many things that an illiterate person cannot do on a day to day basis. His accounts of illiteracy are shocking and heartbreaking to read
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Cited: Tan‚ Amy. “Mother Tongue” Originally Published as “Under Western Eyes” Three Penny Review‚ 1990‚ pp. 315-320. Print. Kozol‚ Jonathan. “Illiterate America” Anchor Press/ Doubleday Publication. Garden City‚ New York‚ 1985. Print. Roman‚ Sarah Poff. “Illiteracy and Older Adults: Individual and Societal Implications.” Educational Gerontology 30.2 (2004): 79-93. Academic
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The Color of Education in America In his essay “Still Separate‚ Still Unequal‚” Jonathan Kozol gives us a very detailed presentation of the emergent trend of racial segregation within America’s urban and inner-city schools. Kozol provides substantiation to his claim based on his research and observations of different school environments‚ its teachers and students‚ and personal interviews with them. It is very clear that color of education in America is not green like the dollar bill; it is white
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