Education
When it comes to education, what does it mean to be educated and who decides how students in America receive it? In today’s educational society, there have been many issues that concern student’s views of public education and how it affects them academically and personally. The majority of American students do not always get the opportunity to sit for a while and reflect on the fundamentals that shape the educational system there in today. The essentials that will affect any student the moment he or she learns, how he or she is learning it, and the kind of educated citizen; He or she will become the moment they graduate from an institution. One of the readings, “How to Tame a Wild Tongue” by Gloria Anzaldua, the author reflects on …show more content…
Gloria argues that it violated the First Amendment, freedom of speech. In Gloria’s essay, she informs the reader how she experienced sexism. “The first time I heard two women, a Puerto Rican and a Cuban, say the word “nosotras”, I was shocked” In other words, Gloria had no knowledge that the word existed since Chicanos have always used the “nosotros” whether it be male or female. Many believe that females were robbed of the female being by the masculine plural. The Spanish language is a male discourse. Another educational issue in America is schools not providing the right resources to their students in order for them to be prosperous in life. An example of this is “The Boys of Baraka.”
The Boys of Baraka is a film that consists of four young boys, Devon Brown, Montrey Moore, Richard Keyser, Jr., and younger brother, Romesh Vance. These boys age from 12 to 13 years old. The hometown where they live is Baltimore, Maryland, one of the country’s most poverty cities for the inner-city residents. These boys have high chances of being killed before they reach adulthood or even incarcerated because of the environment that they live in. The environment these young kids lived in where streets ruled by drug dealers and gangs with lead high chances of African-American boys to not graduate from high
When it comes to education, what does it mean to be educated and who decides how students in America receive it? In today’s educational society, there have been many issues that concern student’s views of public education and how it affects them academically and personally. The majority of American students do not always get the opportunity to sit for a while and reflect on the fundamentals that shape the educational system there in today. The essentials that will affect any student the moment he or she learns, how he or she is learning it, and the kind of educated citizen; He or she will become the moment they graduate from an institution. One of the readings, “How to Tame a Wild Tongue” by Gloria Anzaldua, the author reflects on …show more content…
Gloria argues that it violated the First Amendment, freedom of speech. In Gloria’s essay, she informs the reader how she experienced sexism. “The first time I heard two women, a Puerto Rican and a Cuban, say the word “nosotras”, I was shocked” In other words, Gloria had no knowledge that the word existed since Chicanos have always used the “nosotros” whether it be male or female. Many believe that females were robbed of the female being by the masculine plural. The Spanish language is a male discourse. Another educational issue in America is schools not providing the right resources to their students in order for them to be prosperous in life. An example of this is “The Boys of Baraka.”
The Boys of Baraka is a film that consists of four young boys, Devon Brown, Montrey Moore, Richard Keyser, Jr., and younger brother, Romesh Vance. These boys age from 12 to 13 years old. The hometown where they live is Baltimore, Maryland, one of the country’s most poverty cities for the inner-city residents. These boys have high chances of being killed before they reach adulthood or even incarcerated because of the environment that they live in. The environment these young kids lived in where streets ruled by drug dealers and gangs with lead high chances of African-American boys to not graduate from high