Savage Inequalities

Tracy Truong

Williams

English 1A

25 September 2013

Teachers play the biggest role in the education system. Without quality teachers, students cannot succeed. Bad teachers will cause students to fail. In Savage Inequalities Kozol says there is a specialized class where “the curricular they follow.. ‘emphasizes critical reading, reasoning, and logic’” (132). Students in this class are given special attention by their teacher and taught skills that will help them excel and succeed in life. The class is small, so that each student has more time with their instructor. Smaller class sizes usually make a school more successful because students have more time to work with teachers individually. By working more with instructors, students can maximize the amount of help and guidance they get from adults. This will lead them down a more likely road to success than those who do not have access to any teachers or counselors. Without instructors, it is very difficult for students to know how to apply to college and try to reach high education. Bad teachers will rub off onto their students if they are apathetic. If they are bored with teaching and bring the same bored attitude to class, the students will also be bored. A teacher has to be motivated to teach and excited students about learning, as well as be ready to give advice to those who seek guidance from them. Without quality teachers to teach in schools, students will not succeed academically in life.