Savage Inequalities: Chapter 3

           Because nobody wants to spend money on the students, they feel unworthy. The students Kozol has spoken to all have seen what other school look like, and they all understand what they are missing.When they see these types of inequalities, most kids comes to the same assumption that they are just not good enough. Kozol notes a report by the Community Service Society explaining how children know people do not want to spend money on their education because the think it would be a waste and the children see the results of that in the classroom, “Children hear and understand this theme-they are poor investments-and behave accordingly” (120). When children know that no one believes in them they stop believing in themselves. It can be argued that the reason for the students' poor success is due to their feelings of insecurity.They are aware that they have less than kids at richer schools, but many do not understand why, so naturally they blame themselves. They lose hope because no one has ever had any for them and they stop trying.