Analysis Of A Model For High Schools By David Broder
In “A Model for High Schools” by David S. Broder, the author discusses the prejudice that many students face throughout their lives and within the education system. In particular, Broder discusses high school dropouts as they take part in debates over the sections of the writings of Plato and Malcolm X and states, “The oddity is that these teenagers were all high school dropouts, kids with attitude problems, behavioral problems, drug or alcohol problems, kids whose teachers and families had often marked them off as hopeless losers” (Broder, para. 2). Here, Broder accentuates the prejudice that high school drop outs face throughout their education from their teachers and families alike. To those around them, these students are nothing more than