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[quote=Anonymous][quote]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]

Agreed that life is unfair, but I guess I see a substantive difference between having to have an afterschool job, and being in an environment where there a fights with multiple students throwing punches at school, or a classmate is murdered at a shopping center parking lot near school.

I plan to contact the school board with my concerns, but am unsure what other actions that I can take to help.   [/quote]

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