In the book, “Rereading America,” written by Toni Cade Bambara along with Gary Colombo and Robert Cullen, Bambara focuses on the challenges and desire to teach by contras of what you don’t have and what you can achieve. (Bambara, pg. 253-259) It is without doubt that even though a cookie cutter theory is used in most schools; there will be certain social economical neighborhoods in which a teacher or adult will have to vary the process of communication in order to get his or her point across with dedication and teach the love for learning. Ms. Moore had been a wise educated woman who did not avoid the challenging attitudes of children going up in a disadvantaged economical community.
Book Review Paper Questions A-1 In Dreaming Forward: Latino Voices Enhance the Mosaic by Martha E. Casazza, we read about different challenges and experiences many Latinos face in the education system, communities, and families. College student, Fabian, his problem in the school system was the lack of support and resources he had to face at his high school. “Going to school was like walking into a prison, where the environment is so negative people don’t respect you; people look down on you. There’s no encouragement.” Fabian describes the teachers, counselors, and administrators as unsupportive which ultimately caused him to lose interest in school.
This idea coming from the idea that students are but mere receptacles that oppressors can fill with their ideas. The students are taught to not challenge the idea
With the rise of student resistance, Chicana and Chicano students in East Los Angeles schools were motivated by a desire to create just and equitable learning environments. However, the school resistance of Chicana and Chicano students is often marred by narratives, such as the one in the Los Angeles Times, which suggests that the students’ goal was to incite chaos and violence without acknowledging that the walkouts were a response to unequal access to education and omission of Chicano history and culture in their school curriculum. In the Los Angeles Times article, “Start of a Revolution?: ‘Brown Power’ Unity Seen Behind School Disorders,” the author, Dial Torgerson includes the voices of students at the foreground of the Chicano movement, but fails to include that their acts of resistance were more than a rise of militancy. Torgerson recognizes the walkouts as acts of “Mass Militancy” and “Scenes of Disorder” sparked by student rebellion, and by doing so he is ignoring the role police played in executing violence against students. More importantly, Torgerson marginalizes the experiences of Mexican-American students when he questions the validity of students’ complaint about facing discrimination at the academic level (“Is there any significance to students’ complaints that Mexican-Americans are being pushed into shop courses, and
Mike Rose shares his personal story to the public in “I just wanna be average”, as he reveals the many flaws within the educational system of a high school in an economically depressed neighborhood in Los Angeles. He effectively directs his arguments towards both educators and parents by utilizing emotional and logical appeals. By convincing the audience to fear that children placed on remedial tracks are being hindered rather than assisted, the author causes both awareness and a feeling of duty to change the way we handle teaching children. Rose presents his argument by aiding the reader through the eyes of his younger self as he retells the story of his years in high school.
Ben Franklin once wrote, “There was never a good war or a bad peace.¨ World War II provides evidence that Franklin's statement is true. (WWII book) After World War I, and during the time leading up to World War II, most Americans would agree with this statement regarding war and peace. On September 1, 1939 World War II began and the United States people felt differently about Franklin’s statement. The start of World War II increased tension and many Americans wanted to stay out of “Europe’s problems”(WWII book). At the time before World War II the United States was an isolationist country.
“Precious Knowledge” is a documentary about the Mexican-American Studies Program offered to highschool students in Tucson, Arizona (2011). This documentary follows students enrolled in the Mexican-American Studies Program offered at Tucson Magnet High School: Crystal, Pricilla, and Gilbert; as well as the teachers of the Mexican-American Studies courses: Curtis Acosta and Jose Gonzalez. The students and teachers are interviewed throughout the documentary and explain how they are impacted by the program and their activism to keep the program is demonstrated. This film features individuals who opposed the program, such as superintendent Tom Horne and incoming superintendent John Huppenthal. They believed that ethnic studies were racist, promoted
Districting the New Segregation? Education has been a major influence on government policy and social standards concerning American youth. With hard work and education, one can better themselves and open up more opportunities for financial and social success. Waiting for Superman directed by Oscar winner, Davis Guggenheim, counters that the current education system is failing students by limiting their upward mobility, particularly among minority and low income groups. The documentary advocates for a radical change in the modern education system, modeled after charter school curriculums.
Accordingly, to Mike Rose the methods professors use in teaching it affects the way students learn. He tells us this when he said “When his class drifted away from him, which was often, his voice would rise in paranoid accusations, and occasionally he would lose control and shake or smack us” (Rose 346). What Mike Rose is saying in this
Teaching comes easy to him and he’s a teacher who loves to learn. He may not know all the answers, but he has a love of learning. Being the narrator of the story, he puts more of the focus on other stories, rather than it being all about him. His story is captivating, but he dedicates most of the story to others more than himself. "If a person has a contribution to make, he must make it in public.
3.2 Schools and Teachers 3.2.1 The Condition of Schools Latino Students Attend A very effective way to reach Latino students is through the schools they attend. This would also help to address the difficulties they face. If a family cannot support their children’s academic development, be it because they lack the resources or because they don’t have any experience with the US school system, it should be the responsibility of the schools to support these students in any way they can. Yet, according to Gándara and Contreras “the evidence suggests that rather than addressing the disadvantages these students face, the schools perpetuate it” (87).
Sanders supports his argument with the appeal of ethos by validating the fact that he is a college professor and sees students versus learners all the time. For instance, Sanders says “I see this [students being afraid of being wrong] most often when students turn in written papers (Sanders 4). By mentioning his first-hand account he is building is authority and trustworthiness on the subject at hand. Finally, Sanders appeals to pathos when he involves emotions and presents his invitation to students to become a learner. He addresses the reader as “you” to form the basic relationship.
This essay analyses obstacles emerging in the film titled, “Stand and Deliver” directed by Ramon Menendez. The film shows that Jaime Escalante (JE), a math teacher at James A Garfield High School encounters several obstacles when attempting to help students receive good grades in math. For example, members of the faculty are not supportive, the school community cannot make payments to acquire modern computers, and students are constantly being rebellious. The essay argues that while JE faces several obstacles in the course of teaching math, difficult students and unsupportive staff remain to be the two hardest obstacles. JE faces rebellion from faculty members.
As a university professor, John should have an obligation to supply education to his students in the best way possible, while keeping the student-teacher boundary that exists. Carol tells John that she has trouble understanding his book in which he questions the purpose of education. In an attempt to help Carol, he tells her that people thought that he was stupid as a child. John believes that he can reach Carol on a more personal level by sharing his views and experiences. He hopes that he can create a better relationship with her; in turn, he believes this will further her education.
It is already the fourth week since I started here, and while I’m not completely confident in my aptitude quite yet, I have come to understand the importance of research and personal understanding of a matter since we have had to write quite a few papers already, and most if not all of them required us to go find our sources and information by ourselves. • Pushes him/herself to think deeper about issues and draw connections to their personal, academic, and professional lives. I have little to say about this, but I still think I kind of understand. For example, since starting globalization, I genuinely think I understand what globalization means, and I noticed that I am actually using the knowledge I gained to comment on online forums more effectively when engaging with other people. • Views the instructor as a guide, but themselves as the pursuer of deeper understanding.
