Fremont High School Rhetorical Analysis

My mind tends not to linger on literature for a long period of time. But, throughout this semester of Writing in Culture, Fremont High School written by Jonathan Kozol, did exactly that, linger. For some reason I wish I could say that this story relates to me, because of some personal experience that I had going through high school. In reality, my high school was great, I believe that is why this essay lingered in my head. As I read this the first time it did not trigger any emotion, but the second time around it triggered more than emotion but also memories. I was blessed to go to a school that was surrounded by people and resources that helped each and every student thrive to their highest potential. Therefore, I didn’t have the horrible circumstance that the students from Fremont High School. Such as, not having enough bathroom in the school, or not having air-conditioning. I had everything, and much more. That is why I say that I wish I could be able to understand what those students go through, not only feel sorrow for them. The interview with Mireya, …show more content…
But, this essay also touches on gender inequality, which I believe to be outrageous. Mireya was forced to take these silly classes, instead of being allowed to take higher level classes. This makes me thankful that I was placed into classes that where high level intensity and challenged. I was very sheltered from these types of injustices , but it seems crazy that this would occur in classrooms at the level of high school. That in have been really hard to deal with, on top of everything else. Society has a perception that high school is all about silly crushes and math test once in awhile. That was exactly what high school was for me, carefree and enjoyable. I had the same views until Kozol opened my eyes to this reality that not everyone is as fortunate as i