Southside, Chicago

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This article is about the southern part of the City of Chicago.

The South side of  Chicago is one of the major parts of the city's land area; it covers around 60% of it. The south side is 10known for having large cultural attractions. It is known for having a variety of people from poor to working class to affluent. [9][10] The reality is something else. The neighborhoods in the south side are infested with crime and gangs. The south side cover many neighborhoods, but one that especially is infested with violence is the neighborhood around 38th. That neighborhood, even though does have some places that are actually working on delivering help to the youth to prevent them from getting into gangs, there are other structures that are of really poor conditions which are creating more hangouts for crimes and gangs to happen.

There are many neighborhoods within the boundaries of the South side, including Hyde Park, Armour Square, Back of the Yards, Bridge Port, all of which are known to have more affluent citizens.[2] Without a doubt, though, the neighborhood around 38th is the worst of them.

PRIMARY AND SECONDARY SCHOOLS

Nathan Davis School

Nathan Davis School is an elementary school consisting of grades pre-k to the 8th grade. Although the school has been known for providing a good education to all of its students throughout the years since the , inauguration of the school about a 100 years ago, the reality is something else. The education system at this school just like at most other schools around the south side neighborhood is lacking and disapproving for the youth of today's society. The educational system now a days does not provide the proper instructor to these schools that will be responsible for the future of the youth that are starting an education. One of the basic mistakes that always happens in this school is that most teachers are not there to teach but simply just to receive a paycheck. There are teachers who do not care if the student understands the material, they consider "doing their job" if they get the student to do the homework and go to class. Educating the youth is a lot more than that. It's proving them with the porper education and motivation so they can feel the need to continue on with their education and eventually attend college. The school has a very poor security system, the kids can easily ditch school because their isn't a security guard at every door like their should be. Students are able to hang out outside of the school property after school hours, and that creates the bringing of gangs to the infest the school too. There are a few teachers who actually try to get their students somewhere in life, but if the educational system does not get fixed and if no ground rules are established to prevent the gang hangouts after school, then this neighborhood will only get worse.

Churches

Our Lady Of Fatima Church

The Churches in the neighborhood of 38th are actually a good example of institutions that are trying to make a change in the youth of the city of Chicago. Our lady of Fatima is an excellent example of an institution that is trying to make a change in today's youth. Volunteers at the Church know that regardless of the youth, the neighborhood is also infested with crime because of adults too but the youth are known to be the most problematic in this neighborhood, and they are tomorrow's future. They are the one's who can make a change to the South side. The Church is aware that many young people are involved in crimes and gangs due to lack of jobs in the neighborhood, lack of a good educational system that provides after school activities to keep young kids occupied and away from crime. Therefore, the churches of the South side do not intend to preach kids on what is good and what is bad. Their intention is to get kids involved in extracurricular activities to keep them busy and away from the dangers of the streets. They provide fun-filled charity events where young people are always interested in participating because it provides entertainment for them. The Church occasionally sponsors dances and fancy dinners at a reasonable price that gives all of its money to charity institutions and not only do they get the satisfaction of having helped someone, they get to have a great time doing something healthy like dancing, eating, and hanging out with the right crowd. Places like this is what the city of Chicago needs in order to pull young people out of the crime-infested streets.

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