Creative Post- Comparison Between School Today and School in the 50s
The two photographs above are the comparison and contrast between what school was like in the fifties and school in two-thousand and twelve. The first photograph was taken during the "The Little Rock Nine" at Central High School; Little Rock, Arkansas, in 1957. As a class this week we have been discussing the issue of segregation in the fifties. This photograph was when the brown vs. board of education decision was taken place. “The Little Rock School Board proceeded with desegregation of local schools, starting with Central High School. Nine Black students attended Central High School that year. Little Rock schools were not fully integrated until 1972.” These facts were located on the National Geographic blog, “My Wonderful World”. This is just some of the facts on this situations the black children had to face during the decision of Brown vs. Board was being introduce the American Society of that time. With my creative blog, I wanted to give a comparison to school is the fifties and school today. The main comparison was that boys and girls attend school together. The education system had the same about of grade levels as now. College was available for students to attend. All school is segregated. Some of the differences between schools today and in the fifties are that students agree with being all equal, the public school is chosen for you by what district you live in, all students are provided the same rights, and another difference would be that teachers are hired from all races. Looking at the comparisons and differences, we can see that our generation has a very peaceful environment in our schools. I believe we can sometimes take it for granted. History has made our country become unified as one. This not only includes our education system but all different aspects of life. We have study this time in the United States, growing up taking history classes and reading history books. But have we ever put ourselves in their shoes and realize how much students faced back in the days. Black students were hated for their color and White students had to act on what their parents believed. When comparing and contrasting these two pictures, I think about how much life would be different now if the de-segregation of schools never happen. Some of us would have our best friends, some of us would have not been offered the education we are getting, or some of us would have never been able to interact with others at all.
The two photographs above are the comparison and contrast between what school was like in the fifties and school in two-thousand and twelve. The first photograph was taken during the "The Little Rock Nine" at Central High School; Little Rock, Arkansas, in 1957. As a class this week we have been discussing the issue of segregation in the fifties. This photograph was when the brown vs. board of education decision was taken place. “The Little Rock School Board proceeded with desegregation of local schools, starting with Central High School. Nine Black students attended Central High School that year. Little Rock schools were not fully integrated until 1972.” These facts were located on the National Geographic blog, “My Wonderful World”. This is just some of the facts on this situations the black children had to face during the decision of Brown vs. Board was being introduce the American Society of that time. With my creative blog, I wanted to give a comparison to school is the fifties and school today. The main comparison was that boys and girls attend school together. The education system had the same about of grade levels as now. College was available for students to attend. All school is segregated. Some of the differences between schools today and in the fifties are that students agree with being all equal, the public school is chosen for you by what district you live in, all students are provided the same rights, and another difference would be that teachers are hired from all races. Looking at the comparisons and differences, we can see that our generation has a very peaceful environment in our schools. I believe we can sometimes take it for granted. History has made our country become unified as one. This not only includes our education system but all different aspects of life. We have study this time in the United States, growing up taking history classes and reading history books. But have we ever put ourselves in their shoes and realize how much students faced back in the days. Black students were hated for their color and White students had to act on what their parents believed. When comparing and contrasting these two pictures, I think about how much life would be different now if the de-segregation of schools never happen. Some of us would have our best friends, some of us would have not been offered the education we are getting, or some of us would have never been able to interact with others at all. 
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