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[quote=Anonymous][quote]The whole thing makes me terribly sad. The upper middle class students at the school are likely largely (although not fully) unaffected by the problems. And honestly, if it were affecting them significantly, they would leave and go private or move.

However, what about the students who are recent immigrants, ELLs, or whose families have financial issues? They are trapped in an environment that is negative, and cannot enable them to focus on the learning that they need to improve their situation.

I am honestly asking, what can we do to improve this situation?

Unfortunately, that’s just how life is. It’s inherently unfair. Rich people will always have better options than poor people. That’s the case everywhere in the world.

Poor students will have to overcome more obstacles. When I was in high school, I know several classmates who have to work after school to help their family. Some have to babysit their siblings. I had to work in the summers. In college, many students were working to help pay tuition. There were also many students who were from very wealthy families and didn’t have to do much. They were there to have fun because they already had family money and a job (=connections) waiting for them. You can argue they didn’t even need college. Others were stressing out, struggling to get good grades while working, choosing the correct major, worrying about student loans, dealing with mental health issues, etc.

The only thing these students can do is continue to work hard and focus on bettering their own lives despite what is going on around them.[/quote]

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