In the education system we’ve seen a lot and still continue to see a lot. Not any drastic change has really happened. What ties to all of our chapters together is the fact that we have all had a specific person in our life that tells us something. Some may have motivated us and encouraged us, some may have just discouraged us, humiliated, and never seen any potential in us. But above all that like Maya Angelou said “I still rise”. I can relate when Denise’s teacher told her some very negative words. She used that as a motivation. One problem about education in the United States specifically is that it’s set up like a prison. It’s a system with rules that you have to follow. You cannot think for yourself. You have to follow standards and guidelines. Thinking freely does not exist in the American education system that we have here. This idea of going to college, getting a degree, to Get a job is also apart of it. Growing up I was told you have to go to college to be successful. Getting an education does not guarantee you a job, but it also with no education means less income. Schools are turning children into robots. Controlling the mind. Sit up, do this, do that. Nothing has changed in the education system from back in the day til this very 21st century. One thing we can all relate on is that education saved all of us. We all had that one person.
