While reviewing the law cases assigned as a part of Class 6, one group ran across the following quote (from the Serrano decision), which clearly states why we need to improve our schools and offer our children the very best we can:
"A child of the poor assigned to an inferior state school takes on the complexion of a prisoner, complete with a minimum sentence of 12 years". (Coons, Clune & Sugarman, spra, 57 Cal. Law Review, p. 388.
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Actually, prisoners fair better. My husband works in the prison system and often talks of “luxuries” afforded to prisoners: medical needs, 3 hot meals per day, obtaining of GED, and trade school opportunities at the community college level- all paid for by the state of North Carolina-permitting you commit a crime and become a felonious citizen. Yet, in this great state, students are subjected to poor schools and poor teaching, resulting in lowered self-esteem, poor preparations, and non-proficient test scores. Also, in a particular county, students who owe $5.00 or more on school lunch accounts, are not given a full lunch until the debt is paid. These students only get fruit, vegetables, and water-neglecting them of calcium and protein. I’ve seen teachers pull money from their pockets to pay for children’s lunches, not wanting to subject a child to hunger. I shamelessly agree with this 12 year sentence: poor teaching, fruit, vegetable and water-the complexion of a prisoner, and not even as good.
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