Made In America Research Paper

Made in America: Immigrant students in our public schools by Laurie Olsen

Most American teen’s girls are worried about what they are going to wear to the next dance or the next house party, but unlike immigrant teen girls who are worried about leaving school early and entering into an arranged marriage. In the Hindu and Muslim culture, children are expected to marry a spouse that her family has chosen. An arrange marriage allows the parents to choose a husband that is of their own nationality. When marrying someone of your nationality, family values and traditions are maintained. The parents decided to marry off their daughters at a young age to avoid their daughters from marrying someone of a different social class and nationality. An arrange marriage has more risk than a healthy marriage because the individual does not know the person are a personal level which may result in a troubled marriage. The spouse could be untruthful about themselves, family, and career. Lower class families may marry off their daughter to a corrupt family for personal gains such as social status and …show more content…
Education is not furthering these differences between the different nationalities, but society is creating the problems. The parents are teaching their children that African American students not smart. Education promotes diversity and encourages all their students to try their best, but education is not all equal. The changes need to be addressed as a whole and not as a separate group, but Ogbu stated these changes should be addressed in counseling and programs for the students. These programs could benefit the children who think “acting white” is being smart, but we need to change the children view on each nationality. The school may inform the students about the topic, but the students have to be willing to make these changes in their life to see a