School Comparison

Garfield High School was a poor school. It didn't have enough money for computers and the students mainly came from poor families. On the other hand Wellesley College was a very fancy and prestigious school. The students were all female and they all came from wealthy families. Also Garfield's teachers don't really care about the students and set low expectations for them while in Wellesley all the students already read the textbook by the first day of class. At Garfield the students were involved in gangs and other things and the school didn't really care, besides Mr. Escalante. At Wellesley the nurse was fired for giving contraceptives to students. At both schools the students main goal at the beginning was just to graduate, high school at Garfield and college and then marriage at Wellesley, but by the end the students had higher goals like going to college or getting more advanced degrees. Both of the featured teachers changed the schools and helped the students grow and improve their lives. Garfield was basically a modern, ghetto high school while Wellesley was a high end traditional conservative college, but both were changed and improved by two dedicated teachers.