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I was not shocked when I read this article. It has been the main focus of most of my currins classes that, statistically speaking, minorities in this country are not getting the education that they need. The hidden curriculum is the biggest thing that has been talked about, and how it alienates people who do not have the same upbringing as the teacher. We preach about a "fair" education but when you really stop to think about it who is really getting the better education? The wealthy.

My alma matter just played against Milw. Washington in the state championship over the break in Madison, I learned a little bit about this school during the game. Oshkosh does not have the same "problems" as Milwaukee, but the Milw. Wash. team has a basketball court of lineolium and metal detectors at the doors. Oshkosh North has a state of the art new basketball court that is updated ever 1-2 years at the longest, and has just gotten a new computer lab. I know that sports are not the main point here, but education is, I do not know the graduation statistics for these two schools, but I would bet Oshkosh North graduates a higher percentage of their kids, and is a wealthier school.

That was a long anecdote about how wealthier schools have the capability of handling different needs for different people. People in America, generally speaking, do not care about the poor. The key to success is education, but many schools have been neglected because it is not economically sound to spend all of Milwaukees money on schools, so instead each school gets a little bit of money and if the school fails they get a little less money. Where as in the Whitefish Bay's and Oshkosh's of the world do not have to worry about supporting any more than 2 schools and can therefore afford to give out more money to one school.

Money, it makes the world go round.