With the author’s writing strategy of giving out many different examples it helps people see how families from each different social class effect their children’s
A student’s home life and schooling experiences have seen to be heavily affected by their race and the way in which they were raised. In “Of Borders and Dreams” by Chris Liska Carger, the lives of the Juarez family, who are Mexican-American Immigrants, are explored through their educational and home experiences living in Chicago. Due to their race, class, and parent’s level of education, the opportunities in which they were granted were heavily limited. Dumais writes, “Children who have more cultural capital (having been exposed to it in their upper-class families will feel more comfortable in the school setting, will communicate easily with teachers, and therefore will be more likely to do well in school” (Dumais 2005, p. 421).
Culture plays a large role on how someone views others and the world. Some things that can affect some one’s perspective are their childhood, past experiences, and their ethnic background. In “An Indian Father’s Plea” by Robert Lake, Wind-Wolf’s father, Medicine Grizzly Bear, explains why his child isn’t a slow learner, and that he is just different from the other children in an educational way. He say’s this because his son has been taught differently than the other children- because of his Indian culture.
Development is something that no scientist can classify due to the individuality of the human race. Theories are constantly being disproven by people who do not follow the so called norms of society. Author Jeanette Walls is one such individual who causes even the most brilliant of researchers to question their work. She demonstrates through her novel The Glass Castle, that neglectful parents can produce successful offspring. The author describes her personal experiences with living on the streets and provides inspiration as she becomes more confident in herself and her decisions because of it.
The upbringing of a child contains many factors, many of which correlate to where a child grows up. The people, culture, and experiences of someone’s childhood are the greatest determining factor for what kind of person they will become. So how does the nature and nurture of one’s upbringing impact the decisions that they make, and their life in general? Author Wes Moore explores this question in his memoir, The Other Wes Moore, as it relates to two lives in particular. Moore main purpose in this book is to explore the overarching impact that a collection of expectations and decisions, not always one’s own, can have on someone’s life.
“Children learn more from what you are than what you teach” (W.E.B DuBois). Children constantly gain knowledge from their parent’s actions and decisions. Mexican Whiteboy by Matt de la Peña, The Bean Trees by Barbara Kingsolver, and Two Kinds by Amy Tan all show different ways parents influence their child’s behavior and decisions. Throughout these three novels, parents are role models for their children through the examples they set, the way they treat them, and how they force them into situations. A child’s actions reflects the influence from their parents because they want to make their parents proud.
Historically, certain racial groups have faced systemic discrimination in education, which has resulted in unequal access to resources and opportunities. For example, Black and Hispanic students are more likely to attend underfunded schools and they also face higher rates of disciplinary actions, such as suspensions and expulsions, which can negatively impact their academic progress and mental health. For example in “Pigeons” by Eileen Pollack she states “Pablo Rodriguez, whose parents were migrant farmers and who, in sixth grade could barely read or write or the Buck Brothers, Phil and Gregory, who seemed to get punished for no other reason than being a large and male and black”(Pollack 118). This statement shows how big of a role being born into a certain race impacts the educational opportunities a child can receive in life. As Well as the discrimination a student can face by just being a different race in the text the Buck brothers were seemingly just punished because they were and had different color skin for the rest of the students and this is seen today in school systems where students are mistreated just by how they look.
Nature versus nurture, a controversial topic, debates whether parental guidance or biological processes affect people more. This constant theme throughout the autobiography Black Boy provides evidence that the way Wright was raised affected him less than his own choices. To begin, Wright’s family holds religion to an extremely high standard. His granny, aunt, and mother, like most of his community, are avid churchgoers and believers of god. They try to infuse their own beliefs on Wright, sending him to religion school and taking him to church.
The Devil In The White City The book The Devil In The White City features a lot of interesting events, including the rejuvenation of the city of Chicago, so it may hold the Chicago World’s Fair, but also takes into deeper account the personalities of some characters. However this book also holds historical records of the person that created the serial killer archetype, which is said to be an important factor in shaping modern society. In this book Holmes, represents the Serial archetype; however, in order to be successful he pretended to be the official hero, and this pattern holds up in the modern content. In this book we see how the city of Chicago goes from being a place where most tourists find unattractive and doesn’t amount
Is White stating that parents have no responsibility whatsoever to teach their boys some manners, social behaviours and so on? Schools are there in many places to reinforce what parents have taught them back at home in terms of manners and discipline. White seems to be too dependent on the education system to help boys become well - rounded individuals. Does White also realize to an certain extent, the parents are literally handing over their precious kids to strangers and then happen to wonder why most tend to have a hard time at school? White tends to only visit one
Culture defines us and how we are as we get older, it plays a big role growing up. In Their Eyes Were Watching God, by Zora Neale Hurston, the main character Janie goes through many different challenges to find herself and others. No matter how difficult things got, she always had a positive attitude, or stood up for herself. That's how she was raised. The people around her too, had positive outlooks.
Another variable that determines the race of the adopted child varies by the presence of other children in the household. As a matter a fact, they found that “[w]hen there are biologically related children in the household, the adopted child is significantly more likely to be white, like his or her adopting parents and thus, in most cases, like his or her
Pinker believes socialization plays a role into behavior. He believes that it is peer groups who affected children more so than their families in regards to values and skills. However, he does not think that peers are why a certain child develops their personality. All this to say, children are not blank slates. Children are a product of behavioral genetics and a product of their unique environments.
A child’s development is based on their environment, ones’ cultures and many other factors but, most importantly it is their connection with their caregivers because a parental love is what will help them grow into the person they are to be. In the film Babies, a 2010 French document showed us four newborns through their first year after birth. Since the babies are from different cultures and are from around the world, the film shows how they were raised, the community they lived in and their everyday lives. Two specific babies that were raised completely different would be Marti who is from Tokyo, Japan and Bayar from Bayanchandmani, Mongolia. Mari lives in an urban area and Bayar lives in a rural area.
The exposure to a child’s birth culture will help the child decide if their birth and/or adopted culture accurately reflects their identity
