James A. Garfield High School vs Welton Academy (10/29)

James A. Garfield High School is a public school in a lower income area in East LA. The school is rampant in gang issues and drug problems and most of the students are not expected to achieve very much in life. It seems like they (students) are there only to comply with state law and learning anything takes a back burner. The conditions of the school don’t seem too bad given the area the school is located and the time of the film. Still not ideal though. Most of the student caucus is Hispanic. Welton Academy is a well off prep school with mostly Caucasian students. The school is well kept and the teachers are generally well educated professors. The difference mainly is the wealth difference between the schools students and faculty, as well as the location of the schools. Most of the students at James A. Garfield likely grew up in a lower class neighborhood and by the time they reach high school don’t have big aspirations. The students at Welton are more likely from more well off areas geographically and have wealthier parents. The reasoning for the testing group’s suspicion of cheating at James A. Garfield High School was most likely due to the area of the school the students and their race as rather than any real evidence.