Teach for America: Reality and Parody

Posted by Marc Hodak on March 22, 2007 under Unintended consequences | Comments are off for this article

Teach for America is a group that takes kids just out of college and gives them the opportunity, if you could call it that, to teach in inner city schools for a couple of years. I came across two articles on this venture. One is the harrowing story of a real person’s experience trying to serve his “strong sense of social justice.” The other article is from the Onion. Normally, the Onion presents the more absurd version of reality. I think this is an excellent example of how reality ultimately trumps idealism…or of life imitating art.