Education: The Great Separator Should you be rewarded with a better education just because you were lucky enough to be born into the right family? Is being punished with a mediocre education for something you had no control over fair? Shouldn't all Americans receive the same education from public schools? Most Americans would agree that all public schools should offer the same opportunities to all students, regardless of the students' neighborhood or race. In many schools today the main problem is that it is not the students who fail, but actually the teachers who fail the students. Although the movie Lean on Me highlights the negative aspects of our school system, the lack of funding that makes teachers' jobs more difficult and the lack of motivation to Lean on Me could highlight many negative aspects of our flawed school system, but c 'is a positive message behind the story of Mr. Clark and the students of Eastside High. Mr. Clark has succeeded despite many difficulties, including unequal funding, unmotivated students and teachers, and the absence of teacher-student relationships. In a neighborhood where drugs reign supreme and criminal gangs control the streets, it takes something as small as one man who cares about a student's future to make a difference. The film offers a positive take on why low-income neighborhoods deserve the same educational opportunities as their higher-income counterparts. The only way to solve this problem is to fund each public school based on its expenses. Although Mr. Clark raised test scores and brought a positive influence on students, his solutions were far from making Eastside High School the same as others. The film conveys a positive message: regardless of where the school is located, students can succeed if teachers care about students and if students are given the tools they need to