The film that we had previously viewed is still sticking with me. The film was entitled, “The Motel Kids of Orange County”. This film depicted kids in various situations but in an umbrella situation of limited income and insecure housing. This film was impactful but for me, previously studying education inequality at Mt. San Antonio College, the education aspect of the film is what I cannot help but focus on. A main theme through our class is if there is a solution for homelessness and the study of things in place to attempt to help make the situation easier. As we saw, the students went to a small school which looked to be a store-front. They were forced to have multiple grades in one classroom and due to government cutbacks, they were forced to let go of a few teachers. This was upsetting in the film, but it is a very true aspect of the conventional schools we see every day.

Too often, schools are forced to make cutbacks resulting in the loss of jobs or the loss of elective classes. Conventional schools also are forced to have multiple grades in one classroom and the schools who care for a majority of low-income students are often not able to keep up with the natural deterioration of their facilities.

Though these aspects are very real, schools are also, in my opinion, creating an environment where students can escape from homelessness for a few hours. Students are offered free or reduced-price breakfast or lunch and now there are talks to begin dinners, which some schools do already. Recently in the news are the talks of offering students meals throughout the school breaks. Private companies also give out grants to teachers who propose innovate lessons or trips that the schools cannot fund.