So much of our education reform is driven by a sympathetic approach, where people are saying, "Let's go and help these poor inner city kids, or these poor black and Latino kids," instead of an empathetic approach, where someone like me, who had grown up in this environment, could say, "I know the adversities that you're facing and I want to help you overcome them."
Toliko obrazovnih reformi pokreće suosjećajni pristup u kojem ljudi govore: "Pomozimo ovoj djeci iz centra grada, ili ovoj siromašnoj crnoj i Latino djeci", umjesto empatičkog pristupa kad bi netko poput mene, tko je odrastao u ovom okruženju, mogao reći: "Znam s kakvim se neprilikama susrećeš i želim ti pomoći da ih prevladaš".