I'm not going to lie.

I can produce word vomit with the best of them. But I'm not going to. I did not agree with this weeks reading. In fact, I haven't agreed with any of the readings this entire semester. To me they all seem to be reiterations of the same thing, which makes me wonder exactly how many times I can say the same thing.
Fact of the matter is: If the system doesn't work for you, find one that does and stop complaining.
It's not impossible.
Since I need three quotes from Kozol:
“’ This,’ he told me, pointing to the garbage bag, then gesturing around him at the other indications of decay and despair ones sees in ghetto schools much like it elsewhere, ‘would not happen to white children’” (Kozol, 149)
No. Bad things do happen to white children. Sorry.
But money alone is surely not the sole response. The values of the parents and the kids themselves must have a role in this as well – you know, housing, health conditions, social factors. “ “other factors” – a term of overall reprieve one often hears – “have got to be considered, too.”” (Kozol, 152)
Wrapped up in there, Kozol actually said something of value... "The values of the parents and the kids themselves must have a role in this as well" If that were all he were saying hip hip hooray. But it's not. Sooo...
and finally.
"There is no misery index for the children of apartheid education. There ought to be; we measure almost everything else that happens to them in their schools" (Kozol, 157-158 [in City Kids, City Schools]).
There is no misery index for anyone, anywhere. Misery is relative and so is an apartheid education.
As for the other readings,
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Or maybe I'll ust blame it on bad schooling...
Oh wait, I'm not allowed.