“The Street” by Ann Petry starts off with a description of how the street in the neighborhood looks. The time period is the early 1940’s and there is a lot of depression financially during this time. The street is described as being very filthy and unclean. This description is a representation of how bad the times were in that era. Lutie is faced with the decision whether she should keep her son Bud in their current environment or if she should move to another apartment.The first chapter displays some underlying problems that may exist in the time period. There are two main underlying problems that could potentially exist in this situation.One problem is that the school systems in poor neighborhoods are not good, and this causes children to indulge in the wrong type of behavior. The second underlying problem is that the living conditions in poor neighborhoods are not the most ideal, and whether society realizes it or not this does have an effect on how people behave and carry themselves. In bad neighborhoods the school system is not the best. There are a lot of students and not enough funding to support the amount of students enrolled. The classrooms are filled to capacity and if Lutie moved Bud to the new apartment, her son could be forced to go to another school. He could possibly get involved in criminal activities.When schools are over capacity there are a lot of problems within the school system. The reason that public schools in bad neighborhoods do not perform well is because they are exposed to the element of a bad neighborhood, and some things are easily accessible. Drugs ,alcohol, and weapons are a big issue because these type of things are being brought into the school and they pose a danger to the entire school and community. Continuing this further, living conditions and home life play a major role when dealing with the behavior of adolescents.Bud is being exposed to drugs and alcohol at an early age through his g