Response 12: Argument

Since the 1950's Lincoln High has been portrayed as a "bad" school. Why is it said to be a bad school? I believe it has to do with the fact the the majority of the students are minority's, were not white. The media (students and news) only puts our fails to show. But when the studdents do well it's not put on the news. When La Jolla High has bomb threats, it's not put on the news. Why? Because the the school is full of white people. It's the reporter's children that go there, they don't want the ignorant people who are watching TV from home to think of La Jolla as a bad school. Lincoln is not a bad school that it is perceived to be, it's the media that makes it seem that way. 

To fix this stereo type of Lincoln being a bad school, I think we should let the media in. There are great students at Lincoln High that the media doesn't recognize because they're too busy recognizing the students that are disrespectful, immature, and academic failures. If we were to let the media in and interview what the students think about Lincoln, to let them see the great students that Lincoln can produce, I think we can get better recognition and a better reputation as a school. Another way to change the way people outside of our community see the school is to use the Lincoln hashtags the media was using to post positive things about the school and the students. The media has recently only been posting about the fight on 2/29/16 using the hashtags #thisislincoln, #wearelicoln, and #lincolnhigh. When in reality this is not Lincoln, this is what they see from the outside and the don't know what the cause or story was for it. 

All in all, Lincoln is put down because the school it is full of minority's. I don't think it's just because of the minority's, because the school has always been put down because it is in the ghetto. If the students and teachers work together to bring up the reputation of the school I think the school will be persevere as a great school for students no matter what community it's in.