Fremont High School by Jonathan Kozol
In Jonathan Kozol’s report titled “Fremont High School” he discusses many things he observed when visiting the school in Los Angeles, California. He starts off by giving basic information about the school such as “...enrolls almost 5,000 students on a three-track schedule, with about 83,300 in attendance at any given time.” but as he continues he discusses the many problems the school faces. In his text he discusses a variety of things that are wrong about the school such as the number of students that drop out rate, how crowded the classrooms are, how difficult simple things such as lunch and using the restroom are at the school and etc.
First he discusses classrooms, class size and drop out …show more content…
With school having many students but not very many teachers classes are skewed beyond belief. Students do not get to pick their courses but are randomly assigned. This means if a student is interested in let’s say hairdressing and she gets put in a sewing class she is stuck in that sewing class. So students that are qualified to take an AP course may not be able to be put in those classes because they are randomly assigned and that means some kids are destined to fail if they are not up to AP standards and are put in an AP course. In addition, if students do not have internet or a place to study they have only a half hour after school to work in the library. It’s a very unfair system so I can see why so many kids drop out. In accordance to all the other problems at Fremont High School the faculty has to be the worst. The school has slots for 180 teachers but only 150 of them are filled. That means there are about 30 subs a day at the school. Some students say they have had over six different subs a semester. This definitely doesn’t help the students with progressing in their studies. This is because they get a new teacher about every week or so which means different style lesson plans, discipline and etc. which can really confuse the students and do more damage than good for them. Also, during Kozol’s interview with a student named Mireya he heard many stories about how teachers have neglected disciplinary action. According to Mireya a student called her ghetto and several other things and the teacher did nothing about it. Teachers are so busy with their classes being on average about forty students that things such as bullying get looked
In Jonathan Kozol’s report titled “Fremont High School” he discusses many things he observed when visiting the school in Los Angeles, California. He starts off by giving basic information about the school such as “...enrolls almost 5,000 students on a three-track schedule, with about 83,300 in attendance at any given time.” but as he continues he discusses the many problems the school faces. In his text he discusses a variety of things that are wrong about the school such as the number of students that drop out rate, how crowded the classrooms are, how difficult simple things such as lunch and using the restroom are at the school and etc.
First he discusses classrooms, class size and drop out …show more content…
With school having many students but not very many teachers classes are skewed beyond belief. Students do not get to pick their courses but are randomly assigned. This means if a student is interested in let’s say hairdressing and she gets put in a sewing class she is stuck in that sewing class. So students that are qualified to take an AP course may not be able to be put in those classes because they are randomly assigned and that means some kids are destined to fail if they are not up to AP standards and are put in an AP course. In addition, if students do not have internet or a place to study they have only a half hour after school to work in the library. It’s a very unfair system so I can see why so many kids drop out. In accordance to all the other problems at Fremont High School the faculty has to be the worst. The school has slots for 180 teachers but only 150 of them are filled. That means there are about 30 subs a day at the school. Some students say they have had over six different subs a semester. This definitely doesn’t help the students with progressing in their studies. This is because they get a new teacher about every week or so which means different style lesson plans, discipline and etc. which can really confuse the students and do more damage than good for them. Also, during Kozol’s interview with a student named Mireya he heard many stories about how teachers have neglected disciplinary action. According to Mireya a student called her ghetto and several other things and the teacher did nothing about it. Teachers are so busy with their classes being on average about forty students that things such as bullying get looked