Zahra Gordon

This is a piece in today’s New York Times about “universal prekindergarten” being implemented in New York. Policy makers are trying to instill in parents the need for education from a very, very early age, before birth even. Of course lack of “prekindergarten” had an  impact on poor parents just as the onset of “prekindergarten” will. I thought the last paragraph of the article made an interesting point: one’s ability to read, write, and complete basic math operations is really makes a difference between options and no options, and also between life and death. Poem and article below. 

   -found poem 

Say, “He understands.”

Things, not immediately 

between prospects/death.  

Article: Books, and Compassion, From Birth