Diversity In Diverse Schools

Schooling is something almost every single individual can relate to. The majority of our society can relate to school because they have attended some sort of school throughout their lifetime. Early on, most of us loved school, but this love dwindled down as we got older. School teaches a student how to memorize facts and important historical events, but this knowledge is forgotten after they have completed the test. Standardized testing engulfs the lives of teachers and put an enormous amount of stress on students. These tests are what schools are focused on. The constant factor of learning information that is not needed in the real world is making the students not want to wake up and attend school. A lot of times I woke up and dreaded going to classes because they were boring and taught me zero relevant …show more content…
Without diversity in schools, racial discrimination will never end. Having a diverse school will allow students to become comfortable with others that do not have the same racial background as themselves. “Students can learn better how to navigate adulthood in an increasingly diverse society- a skill that employers value- if they attend diverse schools. Ninety-six percent of major employers, Wells, Fox, and Cordova-Cobo note, say it is “important” that employees be “comfortable working with colleagues, customers, and/or clients from diverse cultural backgrounds (Wells). Having diverse schools allows an easier transfer for when the students get a real job and come into contact with someone of a different race. Diverse schools also allow the students’ to learn more about one another. It can also break prejudices that you might have held at one point of someone that is of a different race. It allows for a better understanding, which in turn will allow for less conflict. There will always be some sort of conflict because that is how this world works, but it will eliminate the unneeded