Segregation in Education

Segregation in Education

  • Submitted By: jchiu
  • Date Submitted: 12/19/2008 2:00 PM
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Jason Chiu Mrs. Coughlin ENG4U Segregated Schools Many boys enjoy taking risks. And most boys are impressed by other boys who take risks, especially if the risk-taker succeeds. Girls are less likely to enjoy risk-taking for its own sake and are much less likely to be impressed by risk-taking behaviour in others. Girls may be willing to take risks, but they are less likely to seek out risky situations just for the sake of living dangerously (41, Sax). Psychologist Janet Lever spent a whole year at elementary school playgrounds, watching girls and boys play. Boys fight a lot, she noticed: about twenty times as often as girls do. To her surprise, though, she found that boys who fight each other usually end up being better friends after the fight. They are more likely to play together in the days after a fight than they were in the days before (58, Sax). Girls seldom fight, but when they do – often with words rather than fists – the bad feelings last. “I hate you! I’m never ever ever going to play with you again!” Katie says to Amy, and the older she is, the more likely that she will be true to her word. After a big fight between Katie and Amy, “Amy’s group” may not play with “Katie’s group” again for the rest of the school year (58, Sax). The day after my family moved into our house, our neighbour’s black lawn jockey mysteriously disappeared. After greeting canvassers, my mother is often asked whether or not the lady of the house is available. My surname, which is five letters long and begins with the letter B, has been mistaken for “Black” more times than I care to remember. My mother, a school principal, has also been mistaken – for the school’s cleaning lady (311, Beach). When I ask my friends about similar experiences the list is long and varied. Most have endured racial slurs in the classroom and on the playing field. Some have been stopped by police in their own neighbourhoods and questioned. They are viewed as spokespersons for their race rather than...

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