Historically, America is known for its “melting pot” culture. We used to accept anyone who wanted to become an American, as the plaque on the Statue of Liberty says: “Give me your weary, your poor, your gathered masses who yearn to breathe free” (Lazarus). Sometimes, however, this process also removes all traces of their previous culture. A descendant of German is only German by ancestry, and any part of them that also defined that was removed by assimilation. But there is also a broader context, beyond that of the “cultural assimilation” that America operates for its immigrants. This is the “education” that schools provide to their children. This education has broader and more harmful effects that the author wishes to define beyond the message of “cultural assimilation”. Karen Russell shows, through the plot of St Lucy's Home for Girls Raised by Wolves, this process of education, its flaws and how it affects children. At the beginning of the story, the wolf children are introduced to St. Lucy School. At first, they act barbarically, much like little children who have no sense of what is "appropriate." The first way Russell shows this connection is at the beginning of the rearing process, which is what the parents of the wolf wolves wanted for their children. She describes that they “wanted them to use pads, wear braces, and be bilingual,” or that these werewolves want their child to learn something and become better than them (Russell 227). This is why children are sent to school in the first place: to learn new things and do better than their parents. However, the consequence of this action is that their child is no longer raised exclusively by them. Most simply believe that they are only being taught in the middle of a sheet and that they have understood nothing, which leads to a panic like Claudette's. Although the situation is improving, this cites a controversy discussed in step 5, informing the reader that "they find it easy to move between the two cultures", meaning it is easy for them to adapt (Russell 245). Claudette made it clear that this was not the case, as she panicked and ultimately failed to adapt. It's clear that Karen Russell has some disagreements with the current state of education, and her news is her subtle way of adapting. to report them. Education treats all children as if they are “uncivilized” and restricts their growth, personality, creativity and almost everything that shapes them. America is certainly a "melting pot" in this regard: a bland soup that has no distinctive quality either from the ingredients that were there or from those that were added...