The education system impacts us in a tremendous way from an early age. At five years old, we are forced to go to school, to learn, to try to fit in an environment different from what we are already used to. It is very healthy to bring ourselves out of our comfort zones, but what happens when our schools, intentionally or not, push us down as individuals instead of pulling us up when we may already have so many other factors against us. Jonathan Kozol’s article "Still Separate, Still Unequal: America's Educational Apartheid." is essentially about Kozol visiting various different schools and how the environments are and the podcast titled “Three Miles: This American Life” conducted by Chana Joffe-Walt show the unfortunate obstacles students of low- income families have to overcome for their education. I believe that although the education system should not take full responsibility for the low income students’ failure because there are other factors involved, it is certainly part of the problem. When students are not encouraged, they don’t do their best. They believe that there is no use in even trying. Furthermore, when students are limited in what they can learn, they may begin to believe that it does not matter what becomes of them; society doesn't care about them developing into the best they can be. Lastly, when students see all that they are not receiving, this makes them feel that they are not …show more content…
However, they cannot take all the blame because there are other factors at play. For example, income of these students is important because it determines what types of schools the students end up in. Also, the personality of the students is important; how they feel about learning. Some students may have all the best resources available and simply not care about doing well, while other students may barely have resources available and still are able to