Historically, America is known for its "melting pot" culture. We took everyone who wanted to become Americans, just like the plaque on the Statue of Liberty says: “Give me your tired, poor, huddled masses yearning to breathe free” (Lazarus). Sometimes, however, this process also erases all traces of the previous culture. A German descendant is a German only by descent, and any part of them that defined them has been removed through assimilation. But there is also a broader context, which goes beyond that of the "cultural assimilation" that America implements for its immigrants. It is the "education" that schools provide for their children. This education has broader and harmful effects that the author wants 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 educational process, its flaws, and how it affects children. At the beginning of the story, the wolf children are introduced to St. Lucy's school. At first they behave barbaricly, not unlike young children who have no sense of what is "right." The first way Russell shows this connection is through the beginning of the educational process, which is what the parents of the wolf girls wanted for their children. He describes that they “wanted them to use towels, wear braces, and be bilingual,” or that these werewolves wanted their children to learn something and become better than them (Russell 227). This is the main reason why children are sent to school: to learn new things and be more successful 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 no longer being taught anything and do not understand anything, thus causing a panic like Claudette's. Although the situation resolves itself, this cites a thesis raised in Phase 5, informing the reader that they “find it easy to move between the two cultures,” meaning they find it easy to adapt (Russell 245). Claudette made it clear that this was not the case, as she panicked and ultimately failed to adjust. It's clear that Karen Russell has some disputes with the current state of education, and her story is her subtle way of pointing them out. Education treats all children as if they were “uncivilized” and limits their growth, personality, creativity, and almost everything that shapes them. America is certainly a “melting pot,” in this sense: a bland soup that has no distinctive qualities from the ingredients that were there, nor from those that were added.