The Little High School That Could Summary

In the article “The Little High School That Could: Teacher Urges Latinos into College-- and is Not Rehired.” Beverly Beyette discusses the controversy ; that surrounded George Shirley at Alisal High in Salinas, California. Shirley was an English and History teacher at Alisal High in 1986, and he is well remembered as the teacher who pushed Latino students into some of the most prestigious universities in the country including some Ivy League universities. This story swept the whole country by storm because Shirley did the unthinkable and got 72 of 84 students into great schools but was later terminated from his position at Alisal High and was not rehired, and this caused many problems because some believed Shirley was an unfit teacher for writing some of his student’s college essays others will argue and say he was a great teacher. I agree with those ; hence, who think Shirley was a great teacher because he actually did something for his student’s. He saw the greatness the students possessed and they also saw that he was different from the rest. Throughout the article, many of the students come forward and say nothing but great things about Shirley and they had nothing but great things to say. Which is why I …show more content…
Although this might be helpful to some students ; hence, I know many that were left even more confused with movies and videos. Which is why Alisal High had a rate of 50% drop outs because it wasn’t just one teacher who did this but the most of them and because that the students didn’t understand the material because no one was willing to take the time and sit down with them, but this changed when George Shirley was hired, and he challenged the students and that’s exactly why I would have wanted Shirley as my teacher if I were senior at Alisal in 1987. A teacher who challenges the students is a teacher who cares about them and the