Notes on Pipeline

- no distinct setting but seems like its based in New York

- stereotypical public school with extreme policies 

- Nya wants to give Omari better opportunities but struggles against the educational system

- title comes from the school to prison pipeline in which less privileged students are set up to go from public school to prison

side note: I read this on the third day of break on a 4 am plane ride and I don't remember a lot of it. I didn't realize we had to submit notes on it until now.

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