I have walked through bad parts of New York City and seen homeless people begging for food and money. I have also been through parts of downtown Newburgh and seen poor, homeless, and hungry people looking for handouts. I have never heard or seen such a place as described in this article. Part of me can't believe that such a place exists in the United States of America today. The other part of me believes every word that I just read and I am disgusted and appalled. I can't believe that we can allow people to live in such surroundings. We live in a country where we have individuals like Bill Gates and Donald Trump that have accumulated such a vast amount of wealth they couldn't spend it in 10 lifetimes.
Here we have the other end of the spectrum. People living in excrement, playing with squirrels and mourning deaths like they are everyday happenings. These people from East St. Louis are residing in a living Hell-on-Earth.
I liked what the article "If We Want Better Education" discussed. The main point of the article was to let us know that in districts where teachers are valued, students also perform better. Raising teacher salaries, offering excellent benefits, and protecting them with good unions will attract more college graduates to the profession.
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