Urban high school students making their way through the world. Teens pregnant at fourteen, getting shot while waiting for the city bus and living with an “auntie” for three or four days with only the clothes on their backs. Welcome to the life of my urban high school students.
26
Feb
08
What you describe here underscores WHY there is an “acheivement gap”. No wonder our inner city kids are lagging behind their suburban peers. From this passage here, the idea of a “future” must be difficult for these kids to imagine. And without a clear idea of a future, how can education be a priority?