Kozol and Goldberg

I am not exactly sure what i am supposed to say about these articles. First, I am really in awe about how bad the conditions were in and around Mott Haven. It is amazing how that little boy just casually talks about the horrible habbits and activities that he sees all over the area. That just shows us how used to the impoverished lifestyle those people are, where even murder is just normal to them. It seems to be a cycle that no one can break, and they need more help rather than just welfare to save an area like that. In such poor neighborhood, they feel trapped, and their only escapism from that reality could be drugs and/or crime, especially because that is all they grew up around.

I am pretty politically oblivious, so I have almost no idea what Goldberg's peice was trying to say. So hopefully we talk about this in class becuase I am not sure who he says Kozol was trying to blame for the problems in our educational system. The only thing i understand is Kozol disagreed with the structure of our educational systems.