This documentary was a real eye-opener for a lot people: teachers, parents, students, administrators, etc. When the narrator first started talking about the "drop out" factories, I was not expecting there to be so many across the United States. However, it does make sense that these under-achieving schools are near cities where there are more people. It also surprised me that principals and other administrators are aware that most of the students who enter their school will drop out. It has got to be difficult knowing that. Another fact that surprised me was that spending money on a prisoner for four years in jail is more than putting a child through private schooling for 13 years! Hmm... what's wrong with this picture? I can safely say my jaw officially dropped after hearing that statistic. I liked the statistic that America is the most confident country when it comes to how well we did on tests, even though our scores are very low. This made me laugh, especially after the clip of the guy trying to jump a building on a bike.
The part of the documentary that really got to me was the ending- where all the children the documentary followed were trying to get into better schools by the lottery. This made me think about the schools I went to when I was their age. My parents took charge and enrolled me and my sister into a private, Catholic school. They could have just as easily enrolled us into a public school but they wanted us to get the best education we could. These parents want the same for their children but were not as lucky financially as my family was. I am so grateful for my educational experience from kindergarten to where I am now. Through hard work both on my part and my parent's part got me to where I am today. I just wish everyone was so lucky.
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