Sunday, January 12, 2014

Tow #15 The Civil Rights of Children by Juliet Lapidos


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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