In the speech that Obama gives he pushes the idea that school is the foundation of our society and we need to do well in school to properly fit in to our society and have it function properly. At one point Obama says "if you quit on school – you’re not just quitting on yourself, you’re quitting on your country." He clearly believes in the idea that school is primarily to have people fit into our society and efficiently contribute to our society. The benefits of their contribution may not necessarily help them or those in similar position to the one they are in. However, Obama believe this is what "the people" should do with their lives. His main point throughout the speech is that although he and others in power are working hard to fix schools it is up to the individual to make what they can out of school and that if they fail it is their fault. I believe this is the same ideology that keeps many poor, minority student from seeing the true position that they are in and keeps them from understanding their lives. Which I believe is one of the essential reasons that students of color do much worse than white students in general.
In the article about having two different public school systems the author argues just that. He believes that a seperate school system should be created to train entrepreneurs. His idea is basically to have a schools for bosses and a school for workers. This is an idea that would not change the school system at all. It would still keep white students at the top and the rest at the bottom. The problem with the school system is the systematic structure of our society and the idea of having these two schools would simply reinforce that. Therefore limiting students who were in the school for workers in the same way poor minority students are limited at the zone schools they attend.
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