Kandice Sumner's Ted Talk

In Kandice Sumner’s Ted Talk, she suggests that we should give equal education to communities regardless of their wealth. Kandice is a teacher and passionately explains to us why American Education is not helping people in poor communities. She tells us a story about her childhood. Since both her parents were educated and placed a lot of value in education and Kandice was lucky enough to be in a desegregation program where she was driven on an hour long bus ride to a school in the wealthier neighborhood. During her school years, she noticed several things concerning her schooling and the schooling of her peers. She found it strange that she had to wake up at 5 am just to go to school. She took music and language classes and had access to the latest textbooks. Her peers lacked these materials for their education. Kandice felt odd that she had access to all these luxuries just because she went to a school in a wealthier neighborhood. As she got older she “started to have this unlawful feeling in my belly, like I was doing something that I wasn't …show more content…
I know there is an implicit bias among students in poor communities but without a quality education, it's hard for these students once they become adults to find jobs to improve their personal economic situations. Essentially the way our schools are being funded keep the poor poorer. I agree with Kandice that we need to provide education to children regardless of their families economic status. It does not make sense that we question the ability of these students even though we give them a poor education. If we at least gave them the same education we gave to children from wealthier communities it would help them. In conclusion, I agree with her that we should give kids a good education regardless of their wealth. If we spend more on students from low-income neighborhoods we would give them the tools to excel in