The Story of School 1950-1980

I think the most interesting aspect of this episode is that all these issues really happened only 50-60 years ago. In my head they seem like they are so far in the past and people should already be accepting of the people we use to separate in our society. It makes more sense now that some people believe that women still need to just stay in the house to cook or clean, or that African Americans and other ethnic groups should still be educated in separate schools. The same goes for those who have disabilities. Many people do not believe that children with disabilities have the right or even the capacity to learn. The other thing that also really surprised me is that even when the Supreme Court ruled in Brown vs. Topeka School Board that it still took nine years for the law to be enforced. States still had segregated schools until money became involved and then schools stopped being segregated. It still bothers me that our society still holds onto some of these values and gender biases. It just shows even more the different ideals of the different generations.