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National Book Award-winning author Jonathan Kozol presents his shocking account of the American educational system in this stunning New York Times bestseller, which has sold more than 250,000 hardcover copies…. More >>
Savage Inequalities: Children in America’s Schools
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Talk to the Polish and South Koreans, and ask them why they do more with less.
Rating: 1 / 5
What ever happened to common sense? In this book the average American doesn’t exist. I am not denying the problems that exist in the inner cities. I am denying that this is life for the average American or even the average non-white American. Comparing two extremes – best case vs. worst case is always going to give you an unrealistic picture. We live in a capitalist economy, there will always be haves and have-nots. What he is pushing for is a socialist or communist system where everyone is equally miserable and those that manage to get ahead are then forced to pay the way for those who can’t or won’t. Hey Mr. Kozol – last time I checked there was no army on the borders of Camden or East St. Louis keeping people from moving out, and there is noone forcing anyone to accept the lifestyle they were born into.
He offers a view of the problems with no real solution except maybe to hate the rich – Mr. Kozol, how much money did you get paid to write this book??
Utter liberal garbage. Conveniently leaves most of American schools totally out of the equation, only focusing on the worst cases and then comparing them to the top schools in the nation.
Rating: 2 / 5
This book, wasn’t as horrible as my title may lead you to believe, but nonethelesss it put me to sleep. Though it is well written, the content becomes repetitive after awhile. After you read it, you tend to feel that if you ever hear another statistic about the quality of America’s schools, you will vomit. This was my first experience of a book by Kozol, and I must say that it turned me off from any other book by him. I simply found this one to be completely boring. He goes to a school, interviews a few people, leaves, and writes about 20 pages worth of statistics. Completely boring. Nobody ever remembers statistics, they remember the story…so if he could have organized the book in a different way it would have been more interesting for the reader, and thus opening their eyes to the world that america’s children have to face through education.
Rating: 2 / 5
This book is a must read for anyone who prefers to blame their troubles on the all purpose scapegoat of racism rather than take responsibility for themselves, their children and their community
Rating: 1 / 5
Tenisha Davidson
In the novel, Savage Inequalities, Jonathon Kozol shows several comparisons between wealthy and detrimental educational systems. Schools that tend to be in poor areas don’t receive the same kinds of offers that rich areas receive. Kozols’ novel shows how harsh the government is acting towards these schools with no money in their schools period. Kozol feels that schools the look and appear to be bad tells children we don’t care about them and vice versa with wealthy schools. Savage Inequalities is a heart breaking, but insightful novel that shows how school systems are treated certain ways when the look certain ways.
Kozol lays out all of the comparisons between schools with money and school without it. He gives you an idea about how the bad schools tend to be in a dirty environment for these kids, when on the hand the good schools are just as clean as you want it to be.
Kozols main point in his novel is to give people a better understanding of what goes on schools all over that are treated differently because of their circumstances. He shows all the tragedies these poor kids have to face everyday and how good the rich kids are living fine. He’s not blaming the rich children and their families individually, but he’s blaming societies and how they treat certain areas that are less fortunate.
A lot of schools get no support from their society and government because they on the other hand tend to care about materialistic items instead of children’s educations. Certain cities and states will spend majority of their money on new stadiums and things that are less important instead of setting money aside for schools that need it. Kozol feels certain places in the world don’t look at the big picture which is struggling school systems, but they have a tendency to look at and support things that they feel will benefit their state in the future. Not knowing that children with high-quality educations will help their place in the future. Not a lot of people know how bad our children are stressed in these poor schools until they read a book like this. His book sets up everything for the reader to receive a better understanding of the issues in education.
I agree with everything Kozol puts in his novel and all of his key points that address the educational issue. Everything he says makes a lot of sense and everything he put in his book was absolutely true. They make sense because he made sure he was knowledgeable about the issue at hand. Kozol in my opinion didn’t miss anything in his novel because he stated everything he knew about the topic. The only thing I might have added to his novel was the fact that he could’ve talked about some more places. Kozol is an educated author looking for answers to the question in his novel. He’s obviously compassionate about the issue he writes about and his novels show all of that.
Overall, this novel is one of the best in the educational aspect of things and it’s a book you have to read. The novel shows us everything we need to know about the good and bad things in education. He lays out major points that catch reader’s eyes all over because his writing is so real and truthful. Kozols novel is a great novel that should be recommended to all ages.
Rating: 5 / 5