Separate but equal

Yesterday we visited Simmons High School and The Sunflower County Freedom Project. It was eye opening to see the state of Simmons High School. The school was segregated and was almost all black kids and
had two or three white students.  The segregation was really frustrating to see because it is 2014 and schools are supposed to be completely integrated and yet the society of the Mississippi River Delta is so racially divided. The term "separate but equal" is so wrong that it boggles my mind people ever believed in it.
The students at Simmons were so nice and seemed to be completely normal, despite their educational shortcomings. It was great to see that the students were so driven to do the best they could given their
environment. The Sunflower Freedom Project was a breath of fresh air after seeing an area if such depression. The students at the project were so driven to get the best education they could so that they could
have a better life than their school could give them. It was a very emotional day because we all saw how fortunate we were to live in Baltimore and to go to good school where education is valued and teachers care about their students. This made me want to work harder at school and do the best I can to take advantage of all the opportunities I have been given. I am all the more determined to make sure that the lessons learned on the Civil Rights Tour are applied to something in my life.

Pauline, City College