Five Questions That Can Never Be Answered

Five Questions That Can Never Be Answered

Education
Who is responsible for this? What is going to be done? When is change going to happen? Where is the assistance coming from? And why hasn’t a transformation already begun? The children of St. Augustine and any visitor that walks through the daycares corroded door path asks themselves these five questions. Five questions that will never be answered by those who can, in essence, construct a rightful change. Have you ever sat in a classroom of a school building with chipped paint, out-dated books and tarnished furniture? No? Well for the children of St.Augustine's Daycare, this is apart of their everyday lifestyle. For too long these children have went without necessity. Out of 17 billion dollars a year that the school system is allotted only $5,000 goes into classroom instruction. (Gelinas, 2007) This is a figure that doesn’t include building funds, food nor classroom materials. The average size of classroom for primary grades in America is 23. (Toppo, 2003) How can 23 children educationally survive off of $5000 a month? The problem is magnified when considering the thousands of schools that are over populated. Outdated books and class materials does not give a winning start or fair playing grounds to students who, compared to better funded schools, won’t be able to compete for college entrances and the growing job market. Regardless of whether it’s a daycare in question, the education received and mastered at this basic level will determine the success in educational institutions that follow. Because of St. Augustine’s limited student/teacher ratio their budget very well may fall below the national average. To state frankly, funds set aside for the proper education of these children is simply not enough or acceptable.
The appearance of the Daycare is another cause of concern in relation to students’ education. The Daycare is plagued with old playground material that fill a torn down yard. A yard that someone’s child has to play on. Classrooms are...

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