Journal Daengbo's Journal: How bad is the U.S. public school system? 5
I started working in the worst school in one of the worst districts in the U.S. a few months ago, and the level of brokenness of the entire system is shocking. I won't go into too much detail, or talk about the insane assumption that teachers will purchase supplies for their classes, something I have never witnessed in other professions. Instead, I'll talk about something that makes we want to cry.
I got a new student last week: she's a refugee from a Central American country. Her father was killed by the gangs there, and when her family fled through Mexico, they were kidnapped and raped for weeks. She speaks no English at all, yet she makes more effort than 98% of my other students, and I can teach her algebra and geometry in half the time it takes the other kids. Wonderful, right? The only problem is that she's going to be deported in a few weeks because her family has applied for refugee status, but they won't get it because the people who want to kill her don't work for the government.
Meanwhile, about 15% of my students are known undocumented aliens (read that as illegal), but schools aren't allowed to talk to immigration.
Summary? The kid who really needs and would profit from staying in country won't be able to (and will likely be killed when deported) because her family tried to follow the law, while people who didn't make any attempt to and merely sneaked into the country are staying.
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Not looking for a free pass for anyone -- just think illegals staying while someone really in need going is pretty screwed up. Adoption isn't an option.
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... but I really don't see what this has to do with the school system. Basically, this is an immigration politics problem. I agree it's not right, this family should stay, but in my vision the school system has nothing to do with it as they don't make the decision who gets deported and who not.
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No, it's okay, I can totally understand the situation. It's this annoying thing called "empathy". ;-)