As a human being everyone deserves certain
rights. As a United States citizen the government protects and preserves these
rights throughout one’s entire lifetime. Juliet Lapidos argues that in schools violate
children’s civil rights. Her argument includes strong claims with supportive
data to prove that not all disciplinary policies in schools are fair.
The
claims that Lapidos makes provide a strong base for the rest of her
rationalization. She writes; “Minority children who are already at greater risk of dropping
out are being ejected from school and denied the right to an effective public
education” (Paragraph 2). She uses this
point to drive the rest of her editorial. By addressing the major issue
immediately and saying it explicitly, her audience is able to easily follow her
evidence in the rest of the essay.
To
justify her observation about children’s civil rights Lapidos includes many
data points. She has researched the issue through the guidance offices in
different school systems. She has found that “African-American students
represent only 15 percent of public school students, but they make of 35
percent of students suspended once, 44 percent of those suspended more than
once and 36 percent of those expelled” (Paragraph 5). This data shows that at a
public school the minority student does not receive the same treatment as the
rest of the school body.
Students
deserve the same rights as every other American citizen. Lapidos writes to demonstrate
the problems that happen for minority students in schools. With her strong
points and research Lapidos convinces her audience effortlessly that these
issues need to be resolved now.
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