In the recent election cycle, Hillary Clinton claimed that someone’s zip code should not define that person, or hold them back, or keep them from a level playing field. Good to know.
We used to live in the 90505. We now live in the 90277. My wife and son are at our local high school tonight because they are offering workshops and information for incoming freshman.
As a 9th-grader next year, there is an option on his Course Selection Sheet that reads “I plan to take Health in Summer School (fee required). Info will be posted on website mid-spring.” By taking that Health class, as most kids do, it allows them choices. He’ll take English and Biology Honors, which are the only Honors classes offered to freshmen. He’ll take PE or do some sport. There’s Geometry and Spanish, French, or Chinese.
But, then the choices come. Art, Music Theory, Drama, Media Arts, Chorus, Digital Photo, Beginning Culinary Arts, Principles of Biomedical Sciences, Academic Decathlon, Web Design, AP Computer Science Principles, Intro to Broadcasting, and Intro to Engineering Design.
Those are the options just for freshman year. So, yes, zip codes matter, as do choices.