Introduction: Placement
I am volunteering with a program specifically designed to mentor minorities from K-12. The majority of my work consists of college preparation with high school students, but a few times I have been able to work with middle schoolers. I believe the overall goal of this program is to fight the social inequalities that are in schools. They are providing low-income minorities with resources and opportunities that they otherwise wouldn’t receive.
Achievement Ideology A large part of the program is to encourage minority students to work harder and achieve more. I do believe it is a good thing that they are getting encouraged, but the program is reinforcing the achievement ideology. The achievement ideology is the idea that …show more content…
They have set up a summer camp for students to teach them leadership skills. They have taught them about the option of a gap year and the benefits of it.
• The video said students can use a gap year to explore how they can impact the world. They want to rebrand a gap year as a bridge year; so more service oriented. It teaches them how to be a global citizen.
They also taught them about ways of self-care that most minority and low-income students aren’t exposed to. At the end of the girls’ retreat, mothers were invited to join their daughters for a mindfulness and yoga session. As a low-income minority student, I personally was never taught about mindful exercises and how to do yoga. This cultural capital will definitely benefit their lives and health in the long run.
Race
The program focuses on mentoring minorities, so unlike cases we’ve heard of minorities being excluded, I have seen a lot of inclusivity and awareness from this program’s staff and students when concerning …show more content…
Specifically, one group of students, that the program advised, was rewriting the student code of conduct because they believe it was racially biased. The program and students were working on make the school more inclusive as well.
Gender
Gender is very important when talking about minorities and college. At this point in time, minority men are the least likely to go to college and are very unrepresented on many college campuses. In high school, it is easy to see the differences between boys and girls that are potentially leading them in different directions. First, males just aren’t as interested:
• For Shadow host day, only 1 boy out of 15 went last semester and this semester only 8 boys out of 25.
• 1 black male called out another black male on his lack of interest and asked him why he even came
• One mother said her daughter would be going, but her son was not interested. She also didn’t want him to fall behind a day in school. She then said she would still ask him though and she asked me would he be paired with a male.
• Another mother said her son was not really interested in any of the program’s events anymore, so she would be texting the director to persuade him to go on the
I am volunteering with a program specifically designed to mentor minorities from K-12. The majority of my work consists of college preparation with high school students, but a few times I have been able to work with middle schoolers. I believe the overall goal of this program is to fight the social inequalities that are in schools. They are providing low-income minorities with resources and opportunities that they otherwise wouldn’t receive.
Achievement Ideology A large part of the program is to encourage minority students to work harder and achieve more. I do believe it is a good thing that they are getting encouraged, but the program is reinforcing the achievement ideology. The achievement ideology is the idea that …show more content…
They have set up a summer camp for students to teach them leadership skills. They have taught them about the option of a gap year and the benefits of it.
• The video said students can use a gap year to explore how they can impact the world. They want to rebrand a gap year as a bridge year; so more service oriented. It teaches them how to be a global citizen.
They also taught them about ways of self-care that most minority and low-income students aren’t exposed to. At the end of the girls’ retreat, mothers were invited to join their daughters for a mindfulness and yoga session. As a low-income minority student, I personally was never taught about mindful exercises and how to do yoga. This cultural capital will definitely benefit their lives and health in the long run.
Race
The program focuses on mentoring minorities, so unlike cases we’ve heard of minorities being excluded, I have seen a lot of inclusivity and awareness from this program’s staff and students when concerning …show more content…
Specifically, one group of students, that the program advised, was rewriting the student code of conduct because they believe it was racially biased. The program and students were working on make the school more inclusive as well.
Gender
Gender is very important when talking about minorities and college. At this point in time, minority men are the least likely to go to college and are very unrepresented on many college campuses. In high school, it is easy to see the differences between boys and girls that are potentially leading them in different directions. First, males just aren’t as interested:
• For Shadow host day, only 1 boy out of 15 went last semester and this semester only 8 boys out of 25.
• 1 black male called out another black male on his lack of interest and asked him why he even came
• One mother said her daughter would be going, but her son was not interested. She also didn’t want him to fall behind a day in school. She then said she would still ask him though and she asked me would he be paired with a male.
• Another mother said her son was not really interested in any of the program’s events anymore, so she would be texting the director to persuade him to go on the