Zulema is obviously aggravated by her principal as the woman asks the girl questions about where her family is going and what her plans are. It is evident in this scene that the adults of the school do not care as much as they probably should about the issue of migrant workers and that these meetings with students are casual protocol, seen as more of a nuisance than a helpful resource for kids. Clearly, it is not normal for this young girl to travel around the United States picking crops and yet, although it is disapproved of, nothing is done about the situation that these children are in. The principal looks hopelessly at these children and speaks down to them. It is a negative sanction- something that people disapprove of because it is not the norm- and yet it is so normal that these adults will not think twice about what is happening to these young adults. Migrant child workers drop out of school at four times the national rate and never truly have a stable childhood. They are thrown into the roles of worker, student, caregiver, and provider at an extremely young age. Migrant workers put so much value- the idea of what is desirable in life- on education and betterment of life, and yet many would give disapproving looks towards these people who have no other means of getting anywhere in life. Negative sanctions are defined in our books as “more likely to be symbolic: harsh words, or gestures such as frowns, stares, clenched jaws, or raised fists (pg. 45).” Americans have so much negative resentment and bias towards migrant workers, whether legal or illegal, and yet no one will step in to fix what is wrong with this capitalist
Zulema is obviously aggravated by her principal as the woman asks the girl questions about where her family is going and what her plans are. It is evident in this scene that the adults of the school do not care as much as they probably should about the issue of migrant workers and that these meetings with students are casual protocol, seen as more of a nuisance than a helpful resource for kids. Clearly, it is not normal for this young girl to travel around the United States picking crops and yet, although it is disapproved of, nothing is done about the situation that these children are in. The principal looks hopelessly at these children and speaks down to them. It is a negative sanction- something that people disapprove of because it is not the norm- and yet it is so normal that these adults will not think twice about what is happening to these young adults. Migrant child workers drop out of school at four times the national rate and never truly have a stable childhood. They are thrown into the roles of worker, student, caregiver, and provider at an extremely young age. Migrant workers put so much value- the idea of what is desirable in life- on education and betterment of life, and yet many would give disapproving looks towards these people who have no other means of getting anywhere in life. Negative sanctions are defined in our books as “more likely to be symbolic: harsh words, or gestures such as frowns, stares, clenched jaws, or raised fists (pg. 45).” Americans have so much negative resentment and bias towards migrant workers, whether legal or illegal, and yet no one will step in to fix what is wrong with this capitalist