In comparison to Mililani High School, Crenshaw High School is completely different. The two schools totally contrast each other in terms of the community and neighborhood around the schools, the students and the teachers of the schools.
The community and the neighborhood of Crenshaw High School is a ghetto where gangbanging, tagging, shootings, stabbings and other crimes are common. Mililani is much too young of a community to be considered “ghetto.” There are fairly new houses and new families growing up, and hardly any crimes go on in the streets of Mililani. In Mililani, you don’t see gang members walking the streets and throwing up their gang signs then pulling out a gun and pursuing the death of a rival gang member, like what happened to Sadikifu and his homie.
The students of Mililani are a lot different from Crenshaw because at Crenshaw, the dropout rate is 50%, which is nowhere near Mililani. Virtually everyone strives to graduate but at Crenshaw, no one cares. Everyday is a matter of survival for the Crenshaw students, but Mililani students don’t have to worry about getting caught in a drive-by or getting jumped on campus. Mililani doesn’t have to dispatch police officers to patrol the school like Crenshaw does. There are more opportunities for gifted programs and advanced placement (AP) classes at Mililani than Crenshaw. And within those gifted programs and AP classes, the students of Mililani don’t have to worry about paying rent and keeping a nighttime job just to stay off the streets or out of abusive foster homes, like Olivia’s predicament.
The teachers at Crenshaw High are mostly there just for the paycheck. They don’t care about the students’ performance. They rate their kids according to “cooperative to life threatening.” At Mililani, most of the teachers aren’t there just for the paycheck. They are there because they want to help kids better their education. It’s proven because even with the furloughs, the teachers adapted to try and get their students to learn all their supposed to learn even though their paychecks have been significantly cut.
Mililani is clearly better off than Crenshaw High. Even though Mililani does have its criminals and offenders, its so minor compared to that of Crenshaw. The community itself doesn’t show signs of hardship and people aren’t seen on the streets in Mililani like Crenshaw. All in all, Crenshaw High School and Mililani High School are significantly different from each other.
I really enjoyed reading your response! I liked the fact that you explained about the teachers at Crenshaw only caring about their paychecks, where as the ones at Mililani mainly care about better the student's education. And i like that fact that you did bring up that Mililani is not a perfect place and that we do have offendors and criminals even though it may be minor. I liked the words you picked out to describe the community that Crenshaw is in, it puts images into my head. (Imagery) :)
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ReplyDeleteYour post was very well thought through. I really liked the connection with furloughs. I never thought of that. But I also have additions as well. Few of Crenshaw's teachers do care about the students. Like how Little offered Olivia rides to school if that was the only way to get her to her class. I am not disagreeing with the fact that the teachers are there for the paycheck but a few do care. :) Good Job! :)
I definitely agree with your response. Mililani students have it way better that the kids at Crenshaw because the environment of Crenshaw and the surrounding area would make it so hard to just live your everyday life. Meanwhile, Mililani is a safe and relatively nice community where we can all feel safe. I like how you incorporated furloughs because it made it very relatable since its a current issue. I really liked your response!
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ReplyDeleteI really enjoyed how you mentioned the differences in age of the two communities. You are completely right that Mililani is considered a young neighborhood and it hasn't been as exposed to the hardships and tribulations as Crenshaw has. I also liked how you mentioned that Mililani has its imperfections as well, and it's not just Crenshaw. Also, the way you incorporated what Olivia had to go through as far as paying rent and having a nighttime job is something that is not the norm in Mililani. Having to pay rent is something that most high school students take for granted because they aren't the ones that have to pay rent. In this case, Olivia does have to worry about that and figure out if she is going to have a house by the end of the month. I really enjoyed your response as a whole. Good job! :)
Like always, your writing was very well structured and full of extensive thoughts and explanations. I think that a lot of us agree with the fact that Crenshaw and Mililani are two completely different worlds. Putting the kids into a range of "cooperating and life threatening," really supported your examples, and I liked that you used it. Good job :)
ReplyDeleteI enjoyed reading both your blogs! You look so deeply and all I can say is to keep it up! It was so relevant for you to bring up furloughs!
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