Kibbutz, 1970

 Education has always been an important goal of the United States, but there are some children in the slums of our cities that do not have a chance for an education.  The early years of a child's life is the most critical.  It has been proven by child psychologists that most of a child's learning takes place when he is young.  The pattern of poverty begins a new cycle every time a child is born in a depressed area.  Normally, a person born in a poverty stricken level, will work and die in that same area, thereby keeping the same poverty level.  A kibbutz is a collective farm or settlement in Israel.  The kibbutz provides primary education that is compulsory to the children, free of charge, for those ages 5 to 14.  The literacy rate of the people in Israel is 85%.  This proves that the compulsory education for its people is successful.  There is no difference between an Israeli kibbutz and an American slum.  If these people in the slums could be educated, they would get good jobs and good salaries.