Social Justice By Neenah High School

America, the land of opportunity. It’s clear to see, however, that we don’t all have the same opportunities available to us. Imagine it like a starting line. Some people might have been able to take a few steps forward based on race, affluence, and home structure. In contrast, others might be forced to take a few steps back from the starting line. It’s difficult to argue that it doesn’t take those at a disadvantage a significant amount of effort to catch up to those that started ahead of them. George Theoharis explores how schools can make learning more equal for disadvantaged students in his 2010 dissertation entitled “Disrupting Justice: Principles Narrate the Strategies They Use to Improve Their Schools and Advance Social Justice.” After reading this article, I have come to the conclusion that Neenah High School does not do its part to promote equality and social justice. Specifically, I looked at Theoharis first “Injustice.” …show more content…
As a student that typically takes advanced classes, I feel like my high school experience is completely different than my best friend’s, who has a learning disability. Throughout our high school experience, she has been forced to take many extra classes designed to aid her learning, like math and english help. Taking these extra classes has forced her to have to drop classes that she actually enjoys. In addition to this, her regular teachers don’t seem to even try to understand her learning disability. As explained in the article, integrating special ed teachers into regular classes would not only mean she wouldn’t have to take extra classes, she’d likely understand her regular classes