themselves through these different people’s experiences in everyday life as an illiterate person. The people who are shown in this story are fully grown adults who are unable to write or read. These people have difficult to do day to day chores. Since Kozol does not provide this information it makes it harder for the reader to completely understand or identify with these people and really know how it could be fixed. Literacy is given by different examples in each short story. The author believes that
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example‚ in the article “Class in America” by Gregory Mantsios‚ a director at Joseph S. Murphy Institute‚ mentions “Everyone has an equal chance to succeed. Success in the United States requires no more than hard work‚ sacrifice‚ and perseverance” (81). Many people believe that they can become millionaires when they come to America. That anything is possible in the land of the free it just requires hard work and perseverance. However‚ Mantsios never mentions what you have given up in order to achieve
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differences in education between schools from different races and wealth communities. Kozol did observations on a variety of public schools in St. Louis‚ Bronx‚ and Rye both in New York. Kozol visits the areas where he explains how it is unsanitary and very low on staff that lacks the basic tools and supplies for teaching. For some schools it has very outdated equipment that has been there for at least 40-50 years old. Kozol adds on and contrast the conditions poor living and how children adapt in those
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While reading the passage titled Fremont High School by Jonathan Kozol‚ one can notice some similarities between Fremont High School and The Poisonwood Bible. First off‚ I see a resemblance between the characters in both of these writings. For example‚ the high schooler named Fortino can be compared to Nathan Price. I see them as similar as the way they predetermine the course of one’s life. Nathan Price does not give a lot of liberty to his family‚ the same way that Fortino indicates that his
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school that their family can afford (a poor‚ most likely more rundown school) and receive a poorer quality of education compared to others; “the procedure is usually mechanical‚ involving rote behavior and very little decision making or choice‚” (Anyon‚ p. 173). This will ultimately lead to that individual’s acquiring of a type of job that they were tracked in to; one that is fairly self explanatory and does not require that individual to possess much critical thinking skills or good education in
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As part of the summer reading assignment this year‚ I read the book Amazing Grace by Jonathan Kozol. In this documentary-style book‚ he told about the horrible yet completely realistic conditions of the most poor‚ rundown neighborhoods and districts in New York City. Kozol wrote the book for the purpose of telling the stories of the children who lived in these parts of the city. He dedicated his work to those children and it was his goal to inform readers that slums were in fact in existence and
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ties that may forever bind them to the class that their parents unknowingly established for them. Jonathan Kozol talks about the observations and conversations that he had with students and teachers while visiting Freemont High School. Kozol explains that Freemont High School is a dilapidated facility where “the average ninth grade student reads at fourth or fifth grade level” (705). Kozol then went on about a conversation that he was having with a group of students when one in particular‚ Mireya
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"Serving in Florida." Rereading America. Ed. Colombo‚ Gary‚Robert Cullen‚ and Bonnie Lisle. Boston: Bedford/ St. Martins‚ 2004. 317-29. Hampden-Turner‚ Charles. Sane Asylum: Inside the Delancey Street Foundation. NewYork: William Morrow and Co.‚ 1976. Mantsios‚ Gregory. "Class in America: Myths and Relalities." Rereading America. Ed. Colombo‚ Gary‚ Robert Cullen‚ and Bonnie Lisle. Boston: Bedford/ St. Martins‚ 2004. 331-45Tetzlaff‚ Linda. "Money and Success." Composition Lecture. Normandale CommunityCollege
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In “The Human cost of an illiterate society‚” Jonathan Kozol attempts to convince his reader that illiteracy is extremely harmful to a society‚ and that it is the ultimate destruction of a human being’s life. He explains with great detail how being ignorant (unknown) at something so universal like being able to read the directions on a medicine label‚ can lead to a lifetime of hardship and long term agony. Kozol develops his reasoning by contributing meaningful but real world examples
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Tracey Thompson AP Lang Ms. Ransom 15 Dec‚ 2013 Synthesis Essay In 2013 a study by the US Department of Education showed that only 32 percent of American fourth-graders are reading at or above the proficiency of their grade level. One out of every 3 students in America have scored "below basic" on the National Assessment of Education Progress (NAEP) reading test. the United States was once the leading country in every aspect‚ including education‚ but now it has fallen behind to 17th place
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