When we saw Jeff Duncan-Andrade's leture in class about roses from a concrete, I really felt what he was talking about. I've seen his lecture before in highschool, but I never really payed attention to it. now that I actuslly payed attention to it, I really enjoyed what he was saying. he is not the normal monotone professor, his lecture included alot of charisma and passion, and you can tell in the way he talks he cares about what he is saying. Andrade was talking about stuff I never really thought about, stuff that I take for granted. Andrade was talking about how kids in Oakland don't do as well in school as the others, and one of his conclusions were that PTSD was affecting these kids. Oakland's homicide rate is higher them alot of U.S. cities, and those kids are seeing murder everyday. their classmates are being buried and they go to school the next day and teachers wonder why they do not pay attention in class. I can relate on a smaller scale. my junior year of highschool, a former football player was fatally stabbed just blocks away from my school, and me being a football player and all my friends in shock over what happened, we came to school the next day and couldnt even do it. I knew a former teammate of mine who was so distraught, he completely changed who he was as aperson. he used to be a smart kid in schoolm and I dont even know if he graduated highschool. I think that is what might be happening in Oakland, but on a larger scale. they see it on a daily basis.
some questions I had was, if Oakland is so bad, what ar other crime ridden cities like South Central LA, Atlanta, Baltimore, and D.C. like?
Is there a similarity between all those areas?
what can we do as bystanders to help make Oaklands school system a better place?
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