Activist's Argumentative Essay: The Road To Higher Education

In the back of the school there are pathways that connect from the school’s back parking lots into what looks like a fairly nice subdivision. There is a lot more trash strewn about in the back of the school and there are a few kids walking from the parking lot down the path to the subdivision. The school has several fields located through out the back of the school. One field is large and has soccer goals at either end of the field, and the other field has two football goals at each end, uncovered bleachers at the east and west sides of the field, and a track that encompasses the entire outer side of the field. In one corner of the field are track hurdles stacked up on another. Among the two fields the school has two very large tennis courts and a basketball court located just behind the school with benches on either side of the court. The school looks so much bigger from the back of the school than it does from the front. The train can still heard, along with the chirping birds, and the hum of the airplane engines, however, from the back of the school …show more content…
Not only must they overcome the obstacles that they’re faced with while in primary and secondary school but they must also learn to endure the challenges that come their way after high school and on their path to college. An Idaho Latina Activist, spoke about the heartbreaking conversations she’s had with students and parents since the enactment of DACA. She said that parents are heartbroken to see their children fall into a state of depression when they find out that the DACA act is not all it is thought up to be (Personal Communication, March, 5, 2016). When their children were informed of the enactment of DACA their lives filled up with hope thinking that the time had finally come for them to pursue their goals of higher education only to be shot down by the ridiculously high rates of tuition (Personal Communication, March, 5,