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This 4 page paper compares and contrasts works by Kozol and Anyon in discerning the education mess. Disadvantaged children in poor neighborhoods are compared with those who have better opportunities. Bibliography lists 2 sources.
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that the only way out is through sports or music. If one does not achieve fame early on, they are doomed to either a life of low wage living or
drug dealing. And while in America there is a great deal of lip service given to equality, it seems as if the schools are not dishing out education fairly. Education
is good when one lives on the right side of the tracks. Otherwise, life will surely go down hill. At least this is the case according to Kozol, and the
grade school children know it. In looking at this very controversial and emotional issue, two authors broach the topic in a similar fashion. Jonathan Kozol and Jean Anyon look
at the subject by addressing broad economic and social concerns. In terms of education, some children are given subtle cues from their teachers, their districts and other neighborhood mainstays and
from there, the handwriting is on the wall. The wealthy will grow up to be successful and those from poorer areas with tattered clothes will not. Although it is thought
that they too get the same education, Brown vs. Board of Education should have provided enough ideological evidence that "separate but equal" is impossible. It does not work. Today, years
altering the bussing experiment, there are black and white neighborhoods and one can guess which areas have better schools. In reviewing both pieces
of literature, it is clear that to to a great degree, examples that Kozol provides in chapter two, confirm Anyons thesis regarding the hidden curriculum of work in public
schools. The subtleties to which she refers is ever-present and Kozol, particularly in chapter two, confirms the idea. For instance, Kozol references the law professor John Coons, who claims that
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