How I See Affirmative Action In Schools

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How I see affirmative action in Schools

When I first set out to write this paper I was looking at it from the view as a person of color, but thinking about it as an educated person my view seems to change.
Minorities from the city usually don’t have the education resources that students from the suburbs do. Without the proper education how are you suppose to obtain a job where you don’t need government assistance , nor are you living pay check to pay check? so in a way yes affirmative action is a good thing .It gives those who don’t have a way to get the things they want in life. In those cases I believe in affirmative action in life a person is measured buy his education and if you don’t have one you don’t amount to much. But if students depend on the education they acquired from schools in the city how much can they really know and understand?
There are 29 students to one teacher; the teacher has about 6 to 7 classes per day, she can’t take the time to individually work with the students to see if they are learning anything, or understanding the lesson. In most cases there aren’t enough text books to give to every student so they can take the book home to read on their own time after class to try to understand. A lot of the parents can’t afford tutors or to pay for their children to take any extra classes. With these limited resources and financial hardships there is a very slim chance of a minority being admitted into a college or university without affirmative action. Most colleges and universities look at MCAS scores to help determine if they want to admit a student each semester. If the students from the city don’t have the proper learning they may not meet the standard scores that some schools are looking for. It doesn’t mean that they aren’t smart enough it’s just that they didn’t have the proper learning so there are some things on the test that they are not going to understand.
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