Do_Some_Students_Have_An_Advantage

Do Some Students Have An Advantage Do Some Students Have an Advantage' I once visited a public school in Philadelphia. What I saw may alarm some and may sound normal to others. I walked down a dim hallway, which was lit by two lights in the ceiling, which had not yet burned out like the other three. The lockers that lined the hallway were missing doors and locks and many were tagged with graffiti. The classrooms were very small with up to forty desks that looked like they would fall apart if sat in (kind of like that old rocking chair all of our grandmothers have). There were forty-five to sometimes fifty-five students in most classes but like I said only around forty desks. The books the students were using were older editions that looked as though they had been published in the late eighties to early nineties and not everyone had a book either. Many students had to share. Supplies were also very limited. Teachers had no paper or pens to lend their students and teaching aids, like charts and overhead projectors were scarce. This to me was alarming. The school I came from in the Pocono’s, a very school, schools, philadelphia, students, money, one, education, pennsylvania, district, because, government, funds, year, public, pocono’s, people, funding, enough, desks, taxes, state, percent, must, local, every, very, should, same, provide, property, poorer, out, much, found, books