Thursday, December 10, 2009

Examining Privilege

by Bushteens

In this day and age, privilege is by and large tied to wealth. Money seems to make the world go round and it is money that everybody is pursuing. Is it a privilege to be alive? Is going to school a privilege?

Some systems within schools privilege some students and not others. For example, prefects have more privileges than other pupils. This includes children involved in sports. They are often unquestioned. However, even more fundamental is the system in which there is an A class and a B class. Is the A class more privileged? In some schools, the A class gets the better teachers with the result being that the B class is seen as the class with the slow learners. Is it not better to be with a diverse range of students so that you can learn from each other? In what way is it a privilege to have Mathematics as one of your subjects? Is it fair that in some schools children are taught that if they do not study Maths, Physics and other Science subjects that they will not succeed? These and other questions were discussed.

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