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School Choice Saved My Life

PragerU: Five-Minute Videos

PragerU

Non-profit, Self-improvement, Education, Business, History

4.76.8K Ratings

🗓️ 11 January 2019

⏱️ 5 minutes

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Summary

Poor students deserve just as good an education as rich students, right? So why are so many stuck in failing public schools? Denisha Merriweather, who benefited from school vouchers, explains the problem and the solution.

Transcript

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0:00.0

Public schools aren't the answer for everyone.

0:02.8

They weren't the answer for me.

0:04.6

Schools in my neighborhood in Jacksonville, Florida

0:07.0

function less as places of learning,

0:09.4

and more as warehouses to keep kids off the street.

0:12.8

I know, I was one of those kids.

0:15.7

I don't blame teachers or parents.

0:18.7

I'm not interested in blaming anybody.

0:21.0

I'm only interested in making things better.

0:23.6

And the only way to do that is to give parents and students

0:27.5

a choice.

0:28.7

If a student can't get the education they need

0:31.4

at their public school, there has to be an alternative.

0:35.2

Thankfully, there was for me.

0:37.6

My early years in my Jacksonville school

0:40.0

were not a success to put it mildly.

0:43.6

I seldom understood the lesson.

0:45.7

I was often confused and frustrated.

0:48.1

I asked my teachers questions, but it seemed to me

0:51.0

that this just annoyed them.

0:53.1

So I stopped asking questions, and I withdrew into myself.

0:57.2

I failed third grade twice.

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