Naomi Andujar

  In the process of reading the book “School: The Story of American Public Education” I was able to look at the public school system from all points of view. The main takeaway that I’ve had is that no matter what the public education system is life changing for its students. We have made a lot of progress from where the system once was. Public schools were not always accessible to everyone. Due to this being the case people were able to see how important it is for everyone to have the same opportunity of an education. Now that we have fixed this issue and have made the school system an important part of every child’s life, we still need to continue to progress. Although we are nowhere near the place we once were with the public school education system, we still need to improve this system every day. In the book there are many points where we are able to see that the public school system was not made into a priority. It may be a huge part of the country today, but it needs to be one...

 I personally believe that we should definitely not be striving to incorporate separate but equal into the school systems today. Although there are still issues with racism in today's world, this will only continue to set us back as a community. This is not only a major setback, but it is giving into the idea that we are not able to live in harmony with everyone. We are all human beings and we need to learn how to help each other grow.  Our differences should not make us go against each other because our differences are how we can learn. In the videos and part three of our reading I realized that even as someone who comes from a completely different community you still have the potential to grow in a new and different community. This gives the individual a chance to grow and also the community to grow. By making our communities diverse we are essentially learning about the entire world. We all have different backgrounds and even those who come from the same backgrounds still h...