A few months ago, I was looking through the new documentaries on Netflix and came across “Teach Us All”. It seemed interesting, so I saved it in the section to watch later. When I saw this assignment, this documentary immediately came to my mind. Only coming out in March of 2017, the views were extremely high and almost every single rating was a 5-star. This documentary really focuses on the integration of all children in the American Education system and how it immensely needs improvement.
This documentary starts off by showing a bit of America’s history with segregated schools and what life was like for students shortly after the court case Brown v. Board of Education in 1954. It then focuses on schools in New York City, Los Angeles, and Little Rock, Arkansas, showing how schools across America are still experiencing segregation to this day. One statistic that really stuck out to me was that the percentage of …show more content…
Children who are risking their lives just to get to school are expected to be held to the same standards as children who are attending the rich, suburban schools; it is simply unfair and unrealistic. Another problem addressed in this documentary is that children who were never once taught proper manners are getting suspended or simply dropping out when their behaviors are all they have ever known. Even worse, children who speak English as a second language are dropping out at double the rate because the teachers do not know how to teach them. The reoccurring problem is that a lot of the time, it is not the child’s fault. It is the fact that the school system did not do its job to make sure they got to support they needed to succeed. If the country cannot keep these children in school, they will never acquire the skills needed in order to live a successful life, and they will always live in a poor, uneducated
This documentary starts off by showing a bit of America’s history with segregated schools and what life was like for students shortly after the court case Brown v. Board of Education in 1954. It then focuses on schools in New York City, Los Angeles, and Little Rock, Arkansas, showing how schools across America are still experiencing segregation to this day. One statistic that really stuck out to me was that the percentage of …show more content…
Children who are risking their lives just to get to school are expected to be held to the same standards as children who are attending the rich, suburban schools; it is simply unfair and unrealistic. Another problem addressed in this documentary is that children who were never once taught proper manners are getting suspended or simply dropping out when their behaviors are all they have ever known. Even worse, children who speak English as a second language are dropping out at double the rate because the teachers do not know how to teach them. The reoccurring problem is that a lot of the time, it is not the child’s fault. It is the fact that the school system did not do its job to make sure they got to support they needed to succeed. If the country cannot keep these children in school, they will never acquire the skills needed in order to live a successful life, and they will always live in a poor, uneducated