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Today, education is the most important factor in people's lives. Without a proper education, it is very hard to get a well-paying job. It is extremely important for kids to develop a passion to succeed in life. The New York Times posted an excerpt from the book A Hope in the Unseen by Ron Suskind. It outlines the everyday school life of Cedric Jennings. Cedric is an African-American student at Frank W. Ballou Senior High in the heart of Washington D.C. Cedric is one of few people at Ballou that actually tries in school. In fact, Cedric is looked down upon by his gang-member peers. He is even threatened for being smart. Violence plays a big role in the success of students in urban schools. Another problem urban schools face is the lack of well-dedicated teachers. The dropout rate at Ballou High School is fifty percent. That is unnecessarily high. Part of the problem is also the lack of supplies the students have available. In my opinion, it is unacceptable for schools like Ballou to let these problems go on. I believe these problems are caused by lack of funding. If urban schools could get more funding from the government, they would be able to stop all of these problems.
Urban schools like Cedric Jennings' have a big problem with crime and violence. This only gets in the way of academics. "Hot topics of late include a boy shot recently during lunch period, another hacked with an ax, the girl gang member wounded in a knife
fight with a female rival, the weekly fires set in lockers and bathrooms, and that unidentified body dumped a few weeks ago behind the parking lot. Their daily lesson: distinctiveness can be dangerous, so it's best to develop an aptitude for not being noticed." (Suskind 2). High schools should not be like this, yet there are hundreds of schools like this in our country. A student should not have to be quite in class because he fears the other kids might kill him if he is smart. The...
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